Charlie Robison
Desperate Times



Well 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 joined 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 really got him down 
So he ran off to San Antone
An hour to the East 
And got a job working for the San Antone police
Well he had a pistol now
 'Cause there are desperate times

Well Jackie, he get married 
His ends just wouldn't meet
His wife worked at the Texas Commerce Bank
Just up the street
Well Jackie get an idea 
To get him out ef 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
And the minute that he saw it, he already had it spent
Well it wasn't easy
But these are desperate times

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
Welöl he let it sit awhile
'Cause these are desperate times

Well the bank they called the G-men
'Cause they were insured by the Fed
And Jull 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 they asked her why she turned on
The one she loved best
Well it wasn't easy Jack
But these are desperate times

Yeah, ain't that what you always said
These are deperate times