One Jump Ahead
Gotta keep
One jump ahead of the breadline
One swing ahead of the sword
I steal only what I can't afford
And that's everything
One jump ahead of the lawmen
That's all, and that's no joke
These guys don't appreciate I'm broke
Riffraff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that!
Just a little snack, guys
Rip it open, take it back guys
I can take a hit, gotta face the facts
I can use a friend or two!
True!
Oh, it's that Aladdin's hit the bottom
He's become a one-man rise in crime
I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat,
Tell you all about it when I got the time
One jump ahead of the slowpokes
One skip ahead of my doom
Next time I'm gonna use a nom de plume
One jump ahead of the hitmen
One hit ahead of the flock
I think I'll take a stroll around the block
Stop thief! Vandal! Outrage! Scandal!
Let's not be too hasty
Still I think he's rather tasty
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat!
Otherwise we'd get along
Wrong!
You better run, ha, ha, ha
One jump ahead of the hoofbeats
(Vandal)
One hop ahead of the hump
(Street rat!)
One trick ahead of disaster
(Soundrel!)
They're quick, but I'm much faster
(Take that!)
Here goes, better throw my hand in
Wish me happy landin
All I gotta do is jump
Don't let him get away
Sometimes it's just way too easy
One jump ahead of the breadline
One swing ahead of the sword
I steal only what I can't afford
And that's everything
One jump ahead of the lawmen
That's all, and that's no joke
These guys don't appreciate I'm broke
Riffraff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that!
Just a little snack, guys
Rip it open, take it back guys
I can take a hit, gotta face the facts
I can use a friend or two!
True!
Oh, it's that Aladdin's hit the bottom
He's become a one-man rise in crime
I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat,
Tell you all about it when I got the time
One jump ahead of the slowpokes
One skip ahead of my doom
Next time I'm gonna use a nom de plume
One jump ahead of the hitmen
One hit ahead of the flock
I think I'll take a stroll around the block
Stop thief! Vandal! Outrage! Scandal!
Let's not be too hasty
Still I think he's rather tasty
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat!
Otherwise we'd get along
Wrong!
You better run, ha, ha, ha
One jump ahead of the hoofbeats
(Vandal)
One hop ahead of the hump
(Street rat!)
One trick ahead of disaster
(Soundrel!)
They're quick, but I'm much faster
(Take that!)
Here goes, better throw my hand in
Wish me happy landin
All I gotta do is jump
Don't let him get away
Sometimes it's just way too easy
Credits
Writer(s): Tim Rice, Alan Menken
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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