Jimmy's Song

A drop of sweat rolled down the front of Jimmy's brow
He was too far gone and in too deep to ever find his way out
And one more job and Jimmy thought he'd get enough to get away
But that ain't gonna happen today

Jimmy was tailed and he was seen meeting the wrong man
So the double-talk the double cross ain't gonna go like Jimmy planned
Now he's staring down the barrel of the biggest gun he's ever seen
And it don't take a wise guy to know what that means

Jimmy, you better learn to dance
Jimmy, you better learn to sing
'Cause brother if you want to live
You better tell them everything

Jimmy knew it was the truth that they wanted to hear
But the only thing that, that would gain would be another day to live in fear
'Cause when the other side realized well he'd be just as dead
If he was gonna die, he was gonna lie instead

So Jimmy swore he knew a place where they could find a stash
A warehouse full of coke and guns and cold hard cash
And he'd be more than happy to take them all down there today
If they'd just point that gun the other way

Jimmy, you better learn to dance
Jimmy, you better learn to sing
'Cause brother if you want to live
You better tell them something

So he got in the car, and he took them down to the bowels of town
Where they ran into the others who Jimmy'd been ratting out
And each side thought the other was trying to muscle in
So guns were drawn and things were looking grim

Bullets flew and blood was spilled and Jimmy threw himself down
He crawled behind some garbage cans, kissing that dirty ground
And when all was clear, and he finally got the nerve to raise his head
He realized he was alive and they were dead

That's how Jimmy learned to dance
That's how Jimmy learned to sing
'Cause brother when you want to live
You're gonna do and say anything

That's how Jimmy learned to dance
And that's how Jimmy learned to sing
'Cause brother when you want to live
You're gonna do and say anything

A drop of sweat rolled down the front of Jimmy's brow
The Bahamas sun is way too hot
So he puts down his maitai
And the blond hands him a towel