Meet Slim, a decent man Who'll do the best he can An upright guy, always stand In his down by the sea
Amongst the and tupelos boy to man did our Jack grow He never faltered, sinned, or Or but righteously
He grew up and grew up strong An honest man, right from wrong He tended fields and studied 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 that was on he
Her were black, as was her hair And in the light, just there She caught eye without a care Slim, the fool to be
Now the bells of bronze and steel out the coming ills Of a man I'd kill see suffer endlessly
Into the home of she came Her and kin, drunk and insane The broke damn near everything To for good was their true aim
Jack's bed always hot All the town did have their The football team, the mascot All comers and came a lot
Jack walked round with grinding To yell or or cry beneath His subtle and courtesy Tested and frequently
One foul day, our Jack just And the sorry bums and that Out his door without a To the road by the sea
The wife, she take this well Told him to go to to hell An man with a sulfur smell Oh hate old did she
She their 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 Staring down, no good Could come from souls who harbor 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 or love or glee
Now Jack inside a tent No money left for food or The homeless man's already Keeping Law at bay
One day woke with an aching head His bled; his face was red He wept a 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 that wasn't The tooth was stuck like in ice And stayed just it was
So into stumbled our Jack He found a gun inside a In the sheriff's car way out back Behind the club
He that gun and stole a knife Intent on his own life To put an end to all his And die just
He placed the gun his head Thinking he would be dead As his misery
He the gun But the gun The knife shattered and the broke a poor and sad unlucky bloke In his cave by the sea
So finally Jack a plan And took the gun his hand Approached my boat like a man Who was out to sea out to sea
From the dock, and rocks A few large chains and extra stuff I've not forgot And a bucket made of
He the gun and out we went I'll surely die, from earth sent I said to I to me
Old man, I mean you no don't fear, don't be alarmed Your I'll spare despite my arms Back home you soon be
Further out we and went Past the buoys and all the Of life and And
the bucket Jack's feet went The concrete followed and I That that day wasn't meant for me
Around his he chained the rocks Secured tight with all the locks And then he ordered I stop And turned his to me
Mother, please me home Your son's tired, no wish to Any way away from Away from
Without another word Jack But soon to upward side 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 far down below One thousand deep or so With fish for company, for I and saw a storm approach
And aimed my girl for harbor But glancing up I saw the And Jack's by the sea house down by the sea