Meet Jack Slim, a man always do the best he can An guy, he'll always stand In his home by the sea
Amongst the groves and From boy to man did our Jack He never faltered, sinned, or Or lived but
He grew up tall and up strong An man, knew right from wrong He fields and studied long How we were of he
To but one he did go And the Devil with seeds to sow A poisoned soul didn't know The bane was on he
Her eyes black, as was her hair And in the light, just there She caught Jack's eye without a Jack Slim, the to be
Now hear the bells of and steel out the coming ills Of a man I'd rather Than see endlessly
Into the home of Jack she Her kith and kin, drunk and The just damn near everything To stay for good was true aim
wife's bed always hot All the did have their shot The team, the team's mascot All comers came and a lot
Jack walked round with grinding To or scream or cry beneath His subtle pride and hard and frequently
One foul day, our Jack snapped And kicked the sorry bums and Out his door a chat To the road by the sea
The wife, she take this well him to go to straight to hell An man with a sulfur smell Oh old Jack did she
She took boy and ran away To a slick-haired who was the man To lay the and lend and a hand To the by the sea
Opposite the judge old Jack Staring down, no good Could come from who harbor hate For an man as he
He lost his house. He lost his Lost all he or cared about His boy was and he was out Of luck or or glee
Now Jack lives a tent No money left for or rent The man's already spent Johnny Law at bay
One day Jack with an aching head His gums bled; his 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 Against his rotting tooth, his tooth
He once. He hammered twice Let out a scream wasn't nice The was stuck like dirt in ice And stayed just it was
So town stumbled our Jack He found a gun inside a In the sheriff's car way out back Behind the club
He took that gun and a knife on taking his own life To put an end to all his And die painlessly
He placed the gun against his he would soon be dead As his misery
He the gun But the gun The knife and the bullet broke What a and sad unlucky bloke In his down by the sea
So finally Jack 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 chains and 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 mean you no Please don't fear, be alarmed Your life spare despite my arms Back home you soon be
Further out we went and Past the buoys and all the Of life and And
Into the bucket Jack's went The concrete and I sensed That death that day meant for me
his waist he chained the rocks Secured them with all the locks And he ordered that I stop And turned his to me
Mother, please invite me son's tired, no wish to roam Any way away thee Away thee
Without another Jack dived But soon righted to upward From the at his feet
The bubbles, they soon enough And I could breath when Jack not As he into the sea the sea
Now he rests far below One thousand deep or so fish for company, for company I and saw a storm approach
And aimed my girl for close But glancing up I saw the And Jack's by the sea house down by the sea