It's just too easy to hide in these trees
 Rust in this water up to your knees
 Not many dreamers ever get out alive
 Some kind of sickness sleeps in this town
 I barely got out, but so many drown
 The more you struggle,
 The faster you're gonna sink

 You're shakin', you're shakin' the jinx
 You're beating the odds by the skin of your teeth

 Baby, baby, it's a long way down
 They want to be there when you hit the ground
 You gotta shake it right in their face and smile
 And when you've got 'em right in the palm of your hand
 You don't need 'em 'cause you understand
 So you turn slowly and you give the boys one last wink
 And then...

 You're shakin', you're shakin' the jinx
 You're beating the odds by the skin of your teeth

 You gotta face the fools who put sand in the gears
 You gotta shake a fist at a thousand different fears
 You gotta break it, fake it
 But never let 'em know what you think
 While...

 You're shakin', you're shakin' the jinx
 You're beating the odds by the skin of your teeth