Desperate Times

Jackie went to high school in a little Texas town

He finished up and spent the most of next year bummin' 'round

He couldn't find a job to hold, so on a Friday night

He figured he could see the world and buy a four-wheel drive

If he'd join the army, 'cause these are desperate times

Well, he came back four years later, a little higher off the ground

Things there hadn't changed, and that just really got him down

So he went off to San Antone, an hour to the east

And got a job workin' for the San Antone police

Well, he had a pistol now, 'cause these are desperate times

Well, Jackie, he got married, but his ends they wouldn't meet

His wife worked at the Texas Commerce Bank just up the street

Well, Jackie got an idea to get him outta debt

And they could live the good life and drive a new Corvette

If he'd rob the bank, he said, 'cause these are desperate times

Well, he had planned the whole thing, and while his baby worked

He came in after hours in a black ski mask and shirt

She told him where the money was, and that's just where he went

The minute that he saw it, he already had it spent

Well, it wasn't easy, but these are desperate times

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Well, he drove off to Bandera, 'cause that was his hometown

He had it in his mind just where he'd lay that money down

He went out to his mom's house, and Jack went up the hill

To bury that old suitcase full of hundred dollar bills

Well, he'd let it sit a while, 'cause these are desperate times

Well, the bank, they called the G-men

'Cause they were insured by the Fed

And Jill, she rolled on Jack, 'cause she was in above her head

The G-men gave Jack wind of this when they made his arrest

And he asked her why she turned on the one that she loved best

Well, it wasn't easy, Jack, but these are desperate times

Yeah, ain't that what she always said

These are desperate times