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Artist: Emeli Sandé
Canonical path: /emeli-sande/shakes
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shakes
Read Shakes lyrics by Emeli Sandé on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shakes
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If you don't want a daughter
Then I'll give you a son
I'll give you every penny
For every song that I've sung
Cause baby when you're gentle
It's all that it takes
And oh, my heart breaks
Yeah oh, my soul shakes
You can be the captain
I surrender my boat
If you're tired of south, then baby
We're sailing north
Cause baby when you're gentle
It's all that it takes
And oh, my heart breaks
Yeah oh, my soul shakes
I can tell the angels
They can take me instead
Cause babe if you go missin'
Then I'll probably die
Cause baby when you're gentle
It's all that it takes
And oh, my heart breaks
Yeah oh, my soul shakes
Yeah oh, my heart breaks
Yeah oh, my soul shakes
Oh, my heart breaks
Yeah oh, my soul shakes
Oh, my heart breaks
Yeah oh, my soul shakes
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Emeli Sandé performs "Shakes", and this lyric page sits inside the Emeli Sandé catalog on LyroVerse.
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