[Verse 1]
Sorry to ignore you
I saw you suffering there
I guess I did assume
You were well beyond repair
I don’t know how to help you
So, I’ll just keep helping myself
[Verse 2]
Mountains under carpet
Monumental problems
Ooh, here comes Mother
It seems that no one else can solve them
She could build a time machine
And take us back to who knows when
[Chorus 1]
Shake me, Mama, shake me
Be sure I feel the future rushing faster
Crash my gates with all your weight
Tear me out of bed with some disaster
Ooh, ooh
Ah, man
[Verse 3]
Come down all at once
An avalanche of years
Prove we’re in the same boat
With a tidal wave of fear
That no man’s an island
Can you hear the bell tolling for thee?
[Chorus 2]
Shake me, Mama, shake me
Can you blow away the walls of separation?
Crash my gates with all your weight
Someday the common ground of desperation
Ooh, ooh
Ah, man