Charlie Robison - Desperate times

^DJack he went to high school in a little Texas town He finished up and spent most of the next year bumming round ^GHe couldn't find job to hold so on a Friday night ^DHe figured he could see the world and buy a four wheel drive If he joined the ^CArmy ^GCause these are desperate ^Dtimes ^DWell he came back four years later a little higher off the ground Things there hadn't changes and that just really got him down ^GSo he went of to San Antone an hour to the east ^DAnd got a job working for the San Antone police He had a ^Cpistol now ^GThese are desperate ^Dtimes ^DOld Jackie he got married but his ends just wouldn't meet

^GJack he got an idea to get him out of debt ^DAnd they could live a good life and drive a new corvette If he robbed the ^Cbank he said ^GThese are desperate ^Dtimes ^GHe had planned the whole thing and while his baby worked ^DHe came in after hours in a black ski mask and shirt ^GShe'd told him where the money was and that's just where he went The ^Dminute that he saw it he already had it spent Well it wasn't ^Ceasy ^GBut these are desperate ^Dtimes

^DHe drove off to Bandera that was his home town He had it in his mind just where he'd lay that money down ^GHe went out to his mom's house Jack went up the hill ^DTo bury that old suitcase full of hundred dollar bills He'd let it ^Csit a while ^GCause these are desperate ^Dtimes ^GThe bank they called the g men cause they were insured by the fed ^DJill she rolled on Jack cause she was in above her head ^GThe g men gave Jack wind of this when they made his arrest ^DHe asked her why she turned on the one that she loved best Well it wasn't ^Ceasy Jack ^{G G}These are desperate ^Dtimes Yea ain't that what you ^Calways said ^GThese are desperate ^Dtimes