Meet Slim, a decent man Who'll 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 grow He faltered, sinned, or hoed Or lived but
He grew up tall and grew up An man, knew right from wrong He fields and studied long How proud we of he
To but one he did go And there's the Devil with to sow A poisoned soul that know The that was on he
Her eyes were black, as was her And in the light, just there She caught Jack's eye a care Slim, the fool to be
Now hear the bells of bronze and Ringing out the ills Of a man I'd kill Than see endlessly
Into the home of Jack she Her and kin, drunk and insane The broke just near everything To stay for good was true aim
Jack's wife's bed hot All the town did have their The football team, the team's All came and came 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 just And kicked the sorry bums and Out his without a chat To the road by the sea
The wife, she didn't take well Told him to go to to hell An evil man with a sulfur Oh old Jack 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
Opposite the judge old Jack down, knowing no good Could come souls who harbor hate For an man as he
He his house. He lost his heart Lost all he or cared about His boy was and he was out Of luck or love or
Now lives inside a tent No money left for food or The man's already spent Johnny Law at bay
One day Jack with an aching head His gums bled; his was red He a little and then said, I think this will kill me
No money for a doctor's Jack took an awl and the tip Against his rotting tooth, his rotting
He hammered once. He twice Let out a scream wasn't nice The was stuck like dirt in ice And just where it was
So town stumbled our Jack He a gun inside a sack In the sheriff's car way out back Behind the club
He that gun and stole a knife Intent on taking his own To put an end to all his And die just
He the gun against his head Thinking he soon be dead As his misery
He the gun But the gun The shattered and the bullet broke What a poor and sad unlucky In his cave by the sea
So finally Jack made a And the gun inside his hand Approached my boat just a man Who was out to sea out to sea
From the dock, and rocks A few large and extra locks Heavy stuff I've not And a bucket of iron
He waved the gun and out we I'll surely die, this earth sent I to myself I to me
Old man, I mean you no Please don't fear, don't be Your life I'll spare my arms Back home you soon be
Further out we went and Past the and all the scents Of life and And
the bucket Jack's feet went The concrete followed and I That death that day wasn't for me
his waist he chained the rocks Secured them with all the locks And then he ordered I stop And turned his to me
Mother, please invite me Your son's tired, no to roam Any way away from Away from
Without another Jack dived But soon righted to side From the at his feet
The bubbles, they soon enough And I could breath Jack could not As he into the sea the sea
Now he rests far down One fathoms deep or so fish 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 house down by the sea