Meet Slim, a decent man Who'll always do the he can An guy, he'll always stand In his down by the sea
the groves and tupelos From boy to man did our grow He never faltered, sinned, or Or but righteously
He grew up and grew up strong An honest man, knew right wrong He tended fields and long How we were of he
To but one he did go And there's the Devil seeds to sow A poisoned soul that didn't The that was on he
Her were black, as was her hair And in the light, just standing She caught Jack's eye a care Slim, the fool to be
Now hear the bells of and steel out the coming ills Of a man I'd rather see suffer endlessly
Into the home of she came Her kith and kin, drunk and The broke just damn near To for good was their true aim
Jack's wife's bed hot All the town did their shot The football team, the team's All comers came and a lot
Jack walked round with grinding To yell or or cry beneath His subtle and courtesy Tested hard and
One foul day, our just snapped And kicked the bums and that Out his door without a To the down by the sea
The wife, she didn't this well him to go to straight to hell An evil man with a smell Oh hate old did she
She took boy and ran away To a shark who was the man To lay the blame and and a hand To the by the sea
the judge old Jack stood Staring down, no good Could from souls who harbor hate For an man as he
He his house. He lost his heart all he earned or cared about His boy was and he was out Of luck or or glee
Now Jack lives inside a No left for food or rent The man's already spent Johnny Law at bay
One day Jack with an aching head His bled; his face was red He wept a little and said, I think this will kill me
No money for a trip Jack an awl and placed the tip Against his rotting tooth, his tooth
He hammered once. He hammered Let out a scream that wasn't The tooth was stuck dirt in ice And stayed just it was
So town stumbled our Jack He found a gun a sack In the sheriff's car parked way out Behind the country
He that gun and stole a knife Intent on his own life To put an end to all his And die just
He the gun against his head Thinking he would be dead As his misery
He the gun But the gun The shattered and the bullet broke What a poor and sad bloke In his down by the sea
So finally made a plan And the gun inside his hand Approached my boat like a man Who was out to sea out to sea
From the dock, concrete and A few large and extra locks stuff I've not forgot And a bucket of iron
He the gun and out we went I'll surely die, from this earth I to myself I to me
Old man, I mean you no Please don't fear, don't be Your life I'll despite my arms Back home you soon be
Further out we went and Past the and all the scents Of and liberty And
Into the bucket Jack's went The concrete followed and I death that day wasn't meant for me
Around his waist he the rocks Secured them tight with all the And then he ordered I stop And his back to me
Mother, please me home Your son's tired, no to roam Any way away thee Away from
Without another word Jack But righted to upward side From the concrete at his
The bubbles, they stopped soon And I could breath when could not As he sank the sea the sea
Now he far down below One thousand deep or so With for company, for company I looked and saw a storm
And aimed my for harbor close But glancing up I saw the And house by the sea Jack's down by the sea