1208 - Jimmy

Jimmy It started out with a few misfortunes His daddy ran off with some broad from the motown When momma said we're leavin tomorrow Jimmy already had his things together So many days of thinking of the past The girl he left behind and hangin out in the free streets Somehow Jimmy had survived his reflections The broken glass in his hands, a noose before him Said he did it before He's gonna do it again Give him a fix and a bottle and he won't complain Until he's blue in the face Jimmy's the leader of a losin' race Hey Jimmy did you learn your lesson You always know what you were missin' Hey Jimmy did you solve the problem Just a kid with no direction Some people say it was fright that drove him But Jimmy knows who's really scared of difference The whipping boy won't take his beating It only left them alone to their thinking Of how he knew what they could never know And he would live and learn to be himself through his mistakes Watch and laugh, pretend they were okay Waiting for things to change is just another day Said he did it before He's gonna do it again Give him a fix or a bottle and he won't complain Until he's blue in the face Jimmy's the leader of a losing race Hey Jimmy did you learn your lesson You always knew what you were missin' Hey Jimmy did you solve the problem Just a kid with no direction Hey Jimmy don't you walk away We'll look at life according to me You're my life support auto biography Hey Jimmy take a look inside Let's take a chance, enjoy the ride Impressions don't die No one knew your story Hey Jimmy did you learn you lesson You always knew what you were missin' (Jimmy) Hey Jimmy did you solve the problem Just a kid with no direction (Jimmy) Hey Jimmy did you learn your lesson You always knew what you were missin' (Jimmy) Hey Jimmy did you solve the problem Just a kid with no direction (Jimmy) Hey Jimmy now your free