If you wanna make the move then you better come in

It's just the ability to reason that wears so thin

Living and dying and the stories that are true

The secret to a good life is knowing when you're through



Black coat

white shoes

Black hat

Cadillac, yeah

The boy's a time bomb

Black coat

white shoes

Black hat

Cadillac, yeah

The boy's a time bomb



Well he's back in the hole where they got him living like a rat

But he's smarter than that nine lives like a cat

They take his soul, take him to the youth authority home

First thing you learn, you got to make it in this world alone



Black coat

white shoes

Black hat

Cadillac, yeah

The boy's a time bomb

Black coat

white shoes

Black hat

Cadillac, yeah

The boy's a time bomb



Now he's gotten out, he's gotten free, he gotta go, got a car

He's 21 years old, he's running numbers from the bar

His pager's beeping, he's getting deep in

Whatever he can move on in you know that kid's a creepin'



Black coat

white shoes

Black hat

Cadillac, yeah

The boy's a time bomb

The boy's a time bomb



Tears come from the razor that's been tattooed below his eye

His mother cries she knows that he is strong enough to die

He's rollin' in the cadillac, it's midnight, sunroof is down

Three shots rung out the hero's dead, the new king is crowned



Black coat

white shoes

Black hat

Cadillac, yeah

The boy's a time bomb

Black coat

white shoes

Black hat

Cadillac, yeah

The boy's a time bomb

Black coat

white shoes

Black hat

Cadillac, yeah

The boy's a time bomb

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