INTRO:

VERSE:

If you wanna make a 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

Secret to a good life's knowing when you're through

CHORUS:

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

VERSE:

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

?Ten years old? they take him to the youth authority home

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

[CHORUS] (Black coat, white shoes...)

VERSE:

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

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

His pager's beepin', he's gettin' deep in

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

[CHORUS] (Black coat, white shoes...)

...The boy's a time bomb

SOLO:

VERSE:

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 ring out, the hero's dead, the new king is crowned

[CHORUS] (x2) (Black coat, white shoes...)

...Ooh...time bomb