 little jimmy
cant get nothing goin'everybody else
is jammin
and he's still
owing
and hurtin' from
a slamming
he done took in
a pool hall
he aint goin
back to at all
cause o that
shyster pig
and his nonstop
heavy vig
there's a 20
dollar whore
who gives
jimmy an eye from afar
sleaze and
mascarra charm at the end of the bar
but jimmy wants
something more
he aint gonna
get it
running numbers
and playing that book
it aint gonna
come from none of this, take a look
if it was fucked
up, jimmy did it
jimmy wants to
get out of here someday
to where life is
some kinna clean
where he
dont gotta hide all day
and people aint
so damned mean
neon behind the
bar just mocks him
action on the
street just locks him
into one
more dirty city day
maybe for
once a deal might pay
dollars for the
bar of o'malley
greasy breakfast and
a racing form
jimmy looking
down another alley
at the coming
storm
jimmy wanna get
out of here someday
where life is
somehow clean
where he dont
hafta hide all day
and people aint
so damned mean
but he aint
got a plan
and this is what
he knows
once he thought
he was a man
now it all just
blows
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