Shake Your Moneymaker

by Elmore James recording of 1988 from Born To Be Bad (EMI E2-46973) Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker and then... Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker and then... I got a girl who lives up on the hill I got a girl who lives up on the hill Says she gonna love me but I don't believe she will You gotta shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker You gotta shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker You gotta shake your moneymaker And then... I got a girl and she just won't be true I got a girl and she just won't be true She's locked to the bridge, she won't do a thing I tell her to do She won't shake her moneymaker, won't shake her moneymaker, She wanna roll her activator, She won't shake her moneymaker, She won't shake her moneymaker, She won't...

 

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