Dark skies across the ocean
Bad water on the line
What's this I'm hearin' about
A good thing fixin' to fly
Sure got a mountain of trouble here
The feelin's startin' to slide
Need a real good shot of your love
By the riverside.

Don't you break down
(shake down)
Don't you break down
(break down shake down)
Don't you break down
(shake down)
It's just a breakdown.

Ain't no stranger to bad luck
Trouble done followed me down
Tracks all out of line
For miles and miles around
What you have today, then
Tomorrow it must be
Got to drive away your weapin' spell
If you wanna be with me

So don't you break down . . .

Good and ready to turn the card
Throw it down on the bench
Storm the walls of Babylon
So we don't get fooled again.