Meet Jack Slim, a man Who'll do the best he can An guy, he'll always stand In his down by the sea
the groves and tupelos From boy to man did our grow He faltered, sinned, or hoed Or lived but
He grew up tall and grew up An honest man, knew right wrong He tended fields and studied How proud we 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 black, as was her hair And in the light, just standing She caught Jack's eye without a Jack Slim, the to be
Now the bells of bronze and steel out the coming ills Of a man I'd kill Than see suffer
Into the home of Jack she Her kith and kin, drunk and The just damn near everything To for good was their true aim
Jack's bed always hot All the town did their shot The football team, the mascot All came and came a lot
Jack walked round with teeth To or scream or cry beneath His subtle and courtesy hard and frequently
One foul day, our just snapped And kicked the bums and that Out his without a chat To the down by the sea
The wife, she didn't this well 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 lend and a To the by the sea
Opposite the judge old stood down, knowing no good Could from souls 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 lives inside a tent No money for food or rent The homeless man's already Johnny Law at bay
One day Jack woke with an head His gums his face was red He wept a little and then said, I think this will me
No money for a doctor's Jack an awl and placed the tip Against his rotting tooth, his tooth
He hammered once. He twice Let out a scream that nice The was stuck like dirt in ice And stayed where it was
So into town our Jack He a gun inside a sack In the sheriff's car way out back the country club
He that gun and stole a knife Intent on his own life To put an end to all his And die painlessly
He placed the gun against his Thinking he soon be dead As would his
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 Jack made a plan And took the gun inside his Approached my just like a man Who was out to sea out to sea
From the dock, and rocks A few chains and extra locks Heavy I've not forgot And a made of iron
He waved the gun and out we I'll surely die, from this earth I said to I to me
Old man, I you no harm Please don't fear, be alarmed Your life spare despite my arms home you soon will be
Further out we went and Past the buoys and all the Of and liberty And
the bucket Jack's feet went The followed and I sensed That death that day wasn't for me
Around his waist he the rocks Secured them with all the locks And then he that I stop And his back to me
Mother, please invite me Your tired, no wish to roam Any way away thee Away from
another word Jack dived But soon righted to upward From the concrete at his
The bubbles, stopped soon enough And I could breath when Jack not As he sank 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 for harbor close But up I saw the coast And house by the sea Jack's house by the sea