There's an old superstition 'way down south
Everybody believes that trouble won't stay
If you shake it awayWhen they hold a revival way down south
Everybody with care and trouble that day
Tries to shake it awayShaking the blues away, unhappy news away
If you are blue, it's easy to
Shake off your cares and troublesTelling the blues to go, they may refuse to go
But as a rule, they'll go if you'll
Shake them awayDo like the voodoos do, listening to a voodoo melody
They shake their bodies so, to and fro
With every shake, a lucky breakProving that there's a way to chase your cares away
If you would lose your weary blues
Shake 'em awayShaking the blues away, unhappy news away
If you are blue, it's easy to
Shake off your cares and troublesTelling the blues to go, they may refuse to go
But as a rule, they'll go if you'll
Shake them awayDo like the voodoos do, listening to a voodoo melody
They shake their bodies so, to and fro
With every shake, a lucky breakProving that there's a way to chase your cares away
If you would lose your weary blues
Shake 'em awayGotta chase those cares away
Just to prove that there's a way
A way to shake shake your blues away