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