A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
This is how it happens
Our carefully laid plans
Shake it, shake it baby
Shake your ass out in that street
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make it big
You love so deep, so tender
Your people and your land
You love 'em 'till they can't recall
Who they are again
Work it, work it baby
Work your way 'round that room
You're gonna make it big some day
You're gonna make a boom
But I am
But I am
But I am not a number, not a name
But I am
But I am
But I am a carefully laid plan
Shake what your mama gave you
You know that it won't last
You're gonna taste the ground real soon
You're gonna taste the grass
A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
This is how it happens
Our world under command
Shake it, shake it baby
Shake your ass out in that street
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make us weak
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make it big
This is how it happens
Our carefully laid plans
Shake it, shake it baby
Shake your ass out in that street
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make it big
You love so deep, so tender
Your people and your land
You love 'em 'till they can't recall
Who they are again
Work it, work it baby
Work your way 'round that room
You're gonna make it big some day
You're gonna make a boom
But I am
But I am
But I am not a number, not a name
But I am
But I am
But I am a carefully laid plan
Shake what your mama gave you
You know that it won't last
You're gonna taste the ground real soon
You're gonna taste the grass
A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
This is how it happens
Our world under command
Shake it, shake it baby
Shake your ass out in that street
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make us weak
You're gonna make us scream someday
You're gonna make it big
| jjspring (Holly Springs, NC) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 18:11 I agree with Kingart...... Her voice is intolerable and a comparison to Tori Amos is blasphemy. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 08:41 I like the wry, allusive lyrics, but the voice and music straddles barely tolerable and shut-up annoying. |
| latrippa (Roma, Italy) | Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 03:47 Great sequence: Tori Amos -> Regina Spektor: the latter due a lot to the former. |
| LPCity (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 17:19 REALLY sounds like she's trying to hard. Looks like she's got the "ironic hipster" look down though. |
| gresua (Ukraine, Kiyv) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 08:11 Discovery of the year for me. Super! All of her creative work |
| ottojama (Estonia) | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 19:19 See on hea. |
| leafmold | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 08:55 Yuk |
| bluecshells | Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 07:18 I've been listening to this song for the last few weeks as it comes through. It is now a 9. Outstanding. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 07:18 Her voice makes my skin want to scream...instead, it just crawls. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 08:14 Perfect commentary for these Troubled Times ... just sayin' Yo! (does anyone under 30 still say that, just askin', yo) |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 08:13 Got this one and Bonnie Raitt's new one a while ago. Mrs. Lizard glommed on to them, and I haven't seen much less heard them since. Must be pretty good, but I wouldn't know. |
| d48m02h1918 | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 08:13 Awful......... |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 08:12 Did Joe Biden write these lyrics? |
| jen3005545 (Fort Worth, TX) | Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 10:32 Love you Gina!! Muah! |
| h8rhater | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 07:31 PopKombo wrote: smackiepipe wrote: What was that, some kind of 90 second interlude between two other songs on that album? Like 'White Car' off of Yes' Drama album, or 'India' off of Roxy Music's Avalon... Apparently, that is what you "hear" from the cheap seats. Har, har... you so funny. |
| philbertr (Roch New York) | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 07:10 Great lyrics |
| PopKombo (Up Against the San Gabriels) | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 12:44 smackiepipe wrote: What was that, some kind of 90 second interlude between two other songs on that album? Like 'White Car' off of Yes' Drama album, or 'India' off of Roxy Music's Avalon... Apparently, that is what you "hear" from the cheap seats. |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 12:40 What was that, some kind of 90 second interlude between two other songs on that album? Like 'White Car' off of Yes' Drama album, or 'India' off of Roxy Music's Avalon... |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 12:40 Thumbs up - I like it. Very PJ Harvey'ish which is a good thing. |
