Meet Jack Slim, a man always do the best he can An guy, he'll always stand In his home by the sea
the groves and tupelos From boy to man did our Jack He faltered, sinned, or hoed Or but righteously
He grew up tall and up strong An honest man, knew right wrong He tended and studied long How we were of he
To but one he did go And there's the with seeds to sow A poisoned soul that didn't The that was on he
Her eyes were black, as was her And in the light, just standing She caught eye without 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 Jack she Her and kin, drunk and insane The broke just damn near To stay for good was true aim
wife's bed always hot All the town did have shot The football team, the team's All came and came a lot
walked round with grinding teeth To or scream or cry beneath His pride and courtesy Tested hard and
One day, our Jack just snapped And kicked the sorry and that Out his door without a To the road by the sea
The wife, she didn't take this Told him to go to straight to An evil man a sulfur smell Oh old Jack did she
She their boy and ran away To a slick-haired who was the man To lay the blame and and a hand To the by the sea
Opposite the judge old stood Staring down, knowing no Could come souls who harbor hate For an man as he
He lost his house. He lost his Lost all he earned or about His boy was and he was out Of luck or or glee
Now Jack inside a tent No money left for or rent The homeless already spent Johnny Law at bay
One day Jack woke an aching head His gums his face was red He wept a little and then said, I think this will me
No for a doctor's trip Jack an awl and placed the tip his rotting tooth, his rotting tooth
He hammered once. He hammered Let out a scream wasn't nice The tooth was stuck dirt in ice And stayed just it was
So into stumbled our Jack He a gun inside a sack In the sheriff's car parked way out Behind the country
He that gun and stole a knife on taking his own life To put an end to all his And die painlessly
He the gun against his head he would soon be dead As his misery
He the gun But the gun The knife shattered and the bullet What a and sad unlucky bloke In his cave by the sea
So Jack 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, and rocks A few large and extra locks Heavy stuff 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 you no harm Please fear, don't be alarmed Your I'll spare despite my arms Back home you will be
out we went and went Past the buoys and all the Of life and And
Into the bucket Jack's feet The concrete and I sensed That death day wasn't meant for me
Around his he chained the rocks Secured them tight all the locks And then he ordered that I And his back to me
Mother, please me home Your son's tired, no to roam Any way away from Away thee
Without another word Jack But righted to upward side From the at his feet
The bubbles, stopped soon enough And I could breath when Jack not As he sank the sea the sea
Now he rests far down One thousand fathoms or so fish for company, for company I looked and saw a approach
And aimed my girl for harbor But glancing up I saw the And house by the sea Jack's house by the sea