One Jump Ahead

Gotta keep

One jump ahead of the breadline

One swing ahead of the sword

I steal only what I can't afford

And that's everything

One jump ahead of the lawmen

That's all, and that's no joke

These guys don't appreciate I'm broke

Riffraff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that!

Just a little snack, guys

Rip it open, take it back guys

I can take a hit, gotta face the facts

I can use a friend or two!

True!

Oh, it's that Aladdin's hit the bottom

He's become a one-man rise in crime

I'd blame parents except he hasn't got 'em

Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat,

Tell you all about it when I got the time

One jump ahead of the slowpokes

One skip ahead of my doom

Next time I'm gonna use a nom de plume

One jump ahead of the hitmen

One hit ahead of the flock

I think I'll take a stroll around the block

Stop thief! Vandal! Outrage! Scandal!

Let's not be too hasty

Still I think he's rather tasty

Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat!

Otherwise we'd get along

Wrong!

You better run, ha, ha, ha

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One jump ahead of the hoofbeats

(Vandal)

One hop ahead of the hump

(Street rat!)

One trick ahead of disaster

(Soundrel!)

They're quick, but I'm much faster

(Take that!)

Here goes, better throw my hand in

Wish me happy landin

All I gotta do is jump

Don't let him get away

Sometimes it's just way too easy