shake me down tonight i'm up here evaluating the sky "yea i may not always feel lucky" she says "but i'm smart enough to try" i'm interrogating the sky like the only thing i understand i know the stars, the clouds and the changing colors like the tips of my hands i mean i think i could learn more about something else but i'm tired of tryin' i'd rather lay up here lick my tears and blow kisses to orion shake me down i'm back here in the last row staring at the stage again i'm in the darkness trying to seem busy with my papers and my pen i'm sketching a naked stage with yellow curtains drawn i'm looking at my naked knuckles without my armored rings on shake me down now i'm dancing without music i'm bleeding without pain i'm driving with no destination splashin' 'round without rain and i'm splashing even though i'm freezing in little puddles making my pant legs wet and i'm splashing even though i'm freezing cuz it's as close as i'm gonna get shake me down from these branches i've been climbing so long ya know it's fun and fine while i'm swingin but i'm no king kong