[Intro] Mm. Funny thing about a shadow— supposed to follow you. [Verse 1] Woke up this morning, somebody’d been wearing my name. Woke up this morning, somebody’d been wearing my name. Knew the doors I’d knocked on, knew every town from where I came. [Verse 2] I walked down to the crossing, man said, “I know your kind.” Walked down to the crossing, he said, “I know your kind.” Had a page full of my footsteps, but he never asked my mind. [Chorus] My shadow got there first, sitting in my chair. My shadow got there first, telling folks I’m already there. Knows everywhere I’ve wandered— don’t know what carried me there. [Verse 3] It knows what I been buying, knows the songs I play at night. Knows what I been buying, knows the songs I play at night. Got a mighty good notion what I’m gonna do by daylight. [Instrumental Break] [Raw slide-guitar phrase answered by a small 8-bit melody] [The electronic phrase repeats, simplified and slightly early] [Chorus] My shadow got there first, sitting in my chair. My shadow got there first, telling folks I’m already there. Knows everywhere I’ve wandered— don’t know what carried me there. [Bridge] You can count every mile. You can number every scar. You can guess where I’m going from the places that I are— No. You can guess where I’m going from the places that I’ve been. But a man ain’t just the footsteps that somebody gathered in. [Verse 4] Maybe yesterday I stumbled. Maybe tomorrow I won’t. Maybe yesterday I stumbled. Maybe tomorrow I won’t. You can tell me what I’m likely— that ain’t the same as what I’m gonna. [Break] [The 8-bit melody anticipates the singer’s next blues lick] You know where I been— [8-bit phrase finishes the musical line] …yeah. But you don’t know why. [Final Chorus] My shadow got there first, wearing something like my face. My shadow got there first, already standing in my place. You can know the trail behind me— still not know the man you chase. [Outro] So if my shadow comes calling before I make it through your door, save one chair for the stranger you ain’t calculated for. Mm. Shadow knows my footsteps. But it never learned my walk.
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