Meet Slim, a decent man Who'll always do the he can An guy, he'll always stand In his home by the sea
Amongst the and tupelos From boy to man did our Jack He never faltered, sinned, or Or lived but
He up tall and grew up strong An honest man, knew right wrong He tended fields and studied How we were of he
To but one he did go And there's the Devil with to sow A poisoned soul that didn't The bane was on he
Her eyes were black, as was her And in the light, just there She Jack's eye without a care Jack Slim, the to be
Now hear the bells of bronze and Ringing out the ills Of a man I'd rather Than see suffer
Into the home of she came Her kith and kin, and insane The broke damn near everything To stay for good was their aim
wife's bed always hot All the town did their shot The football team, the team's All comers came and a lot
Jack walked round grinding teeth To yell or or cry beneath His subtle and courtesy Tested hard and
One foul day, our just snapped And the sorry bums and that Out his door 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 a sulfur smell Oh old Jack 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 old Jack stood Staring down, knowing no Could come from souls who harbor For an man as he
He lost his house. He his heart Lost all he earned or cared His boy was and he was out Of luck or or glee
Now Jack inside a tent No money for food or rent The man's already spent Keeping Law at bay
One day Jack woke with an head His gums bled; his was red He wept a little and said, I think this will kill me
No money for a doctor's Jack an awl and placed the tip Against his tooth, his rotting tooth
He once. He hammered twice Let out a scream that wasn't The tooth was stuck like in ice And just where it was
So into town our Jack He found a gun inside a In the car parked way out back Behind the country
He took that gun and stole a on taking his own life To put an end to all his And die just
He placed the gun against his he would 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 down 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, concrete and 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, from this sent I said to I to me
Old man, I mean you no Please don't fear, be alarmed Your I'll spare despite my arms Back home you will be
Further out we went and Past the and all the scents Of life and And
Into the bucket Jack's went The followed and I sensed death that day wasn't meant for me
Around his waist he the rocks Secured them tight all the locks And then he ordered that I And his back to me
Mother, please me home Your tired, no wish to roam Any way from thee Away thee
Without word Jack dived But soon righted to side From the concrete at his
The bubbles, they soon enough And I could breath when could not As he into the sea the sea
Now he rests far below One thousand fathoms or so With fish for company, for I looked and saw a approach
And aimed my for harbor close But up I saw the coast And house by the sea Jack's house by the sea