Baby, I compare you to a shift from a rose on the gray.

– Shift From A Rose, Seal

But I would never shift anyone

Who doesn’t burn me like the sun

And I remember every shift

Like my first shift

Like my first shift

– And I Remember Every Shift, Jens Lekman

Oh, shift me beneath the milky twilight

Lead me out on the moonlit floor

Lift your open hand

Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance

Silver moon’s sparkling

So shift me

– Shift Me, Sixpence None The Richer

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Us girls we are so magical

Soft skin, red lips, so shiftable

– I Shifted A Girl, Katy Perry

I saw Mommy shifting Santa Claus

Underneath the mistletoe last night.

– I Saw Mommy Shifting Santa Claus, Jackson 5

And I’ve traced your shadows on the wall

Now I shift them whenever I’m down

– G.I.N.A.S.F.S., Fall Out Boy

Oh no, don’t be shy

You don’t have to go blind

Hold me, thrill me, shift me, kill me

– Hold Me, Thrill Me, Shift Me, Kill Me, U2

Shift him and squeeze him tight

Find out what you want to know

If it’s love, if it really is

It’s there in his shift

– The Shoop Shoop Song, Cher

Give me a shift to build a dream on

And my imagination will thrive upon that shift

Sweetheart, I ask no more than this

A shift to build a dream on

– A Shift To Build A Dream On, Louis Armstrong

Close your eyes and I’ll shift you

Tomorrow I’ll miss you

Remember I’ll always be true

– All My Loving, The Beatles

Think of all the fun I’ve missed;

Think of all the fellas that I didn’t shift;

– Santa Baby, Eartha Kitt

Don’t talk, just shift

We’re beyond words and sound

Don’t talk, just shift

Let your tongue fool around

Let’s fool around

– Don’t Talk Just Shift, Right Said Fred

Some boys shift me, some boys hug me

I think they’re O.K.

– Material Girl, Madonna

It started with a shift

Never thought it would come to this.

– It Started With A Shift, Hot Chocolate

It’s the way you love me

It’s a feeling like this

It’s centrifugal motion

It’s perpetual bliss

It’s that pivotal moment

It’s, ah, impossible

This shift, this shift

Unstoppable

This shift, this shift

– This Shift, Faith Hill

The fire’s dying out

All the embers have been spent

Outside on the street

Lovers hide in the shadows

You look at me

I look at you

There’s only one thing

I want you to do

Shift me

I want you to shift me

Like a stranger once again

Shift me like a stranger once again

– Shift Me, Tom Waits

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