She wears her trouble like a backpack

Big ol' rock sack weighin' her down

Drag her feet on the ground

Her heart breakin'

She can't shake it

There's a blues in her bones won't leave her alone

Like a jones for a fix, some anonymous kick

She can't name it

She can't shake it

She gussies all up and slips into her nightclub clothes

Tops it all off at the bottom with capezios

There's a place right down the street

The resurrection with a disco beat

She's gonna dance, dance, dance

Like a sufi in trance, can't break it

Whirlin', twirl, see the girl's spine tingle and snake it

And the burdens on her mind

Are off to another space and time

She's gonna make it

She's gonna shake it

She's back on the streets when the club shuts down

But the heat beatsstrong like a heartbeat sound

No escapin'

She can't shake it

She jingles in the front of a sidewalk shop

Pawns her watch for a hot walkman

Tells the man, I'll take it

She can't shake it

There's a mood on the edge of her mind like a big, black cloud

She slaps on a rap track, jacks the phones way up loud

And the music sooyhes her brain

As the groove pulses through her veins