Misc Your Songs - Jim jacobsen - the menace

^CI was siitin in the celler with a trouble makin fella We used to call Dennis the menac^Fe ^Gtwo young boys In normal Illinois Barley had a couple bucks left between us^{C C}When the barman told us last call Well we weren’t about to put up a fig^Fht ^GWe got up off our chairs and we climbed them stairs Made our way out into t^Che night

^CIt was 2 am as we walked on back to join some friends at the ho^Fuse ^GThe town was dead and the streets were still - Too quiet for even a mouse ^{C C}That’s when Dennis came up with this bad idea as he peered acro^Fss the street ^GSaw a clock on top of the laundomat building and I knew he wouldn’t be dis^Ccreet

^CThe menace said I’ll bet ya my next beer - That I can take this r^Fock ^Gand bury it right here from this distance in the center of that old clock ^{C C}Well he was certain that he’d made all the proper calculations to acco^Fmplish this amazing feat ^GBut the beer must have flooded that mental calculator Cuz his aim was off b^Cy 10 feet

^CAnd instead of harmlessly hitting that clock because his aim wa^Fs so damn low ^GThat rock that he threw with such abandon Smashed the laundromat’s picture ^Cwindow ^CWell before the broken glass had landed sirens were blaring tho^Fugh town ^GI guess the cops musta followed us outta the bar - and now the chase was on^C

^CWe ran about a block when we came upon a party going on in someon^Fe’s yard ^GSo We ducked right in and tried to blend which wasn’t really all that hard ^{C C}But the law boys weren’t givin up so quick and they kept on trackin us ^Fdown ^GAnd it wasn’t very long ‘fore they were upon us and had the menace pinned t^Co the ground

^CWell I saw that and kept on runnin - when I heard someone yell Fr^Feeze ^GBut there was no way that I was takin that advise and ran toward some bushe^Cs and trees ^CWhen I came out on the other side I was in a car filled parking ^Flot ^GThought I’ll just hide under one of these baby’s - until things aint so hot^C

^CSo l tried to slide underneath a car like I’d seen done on TV ^{F G}When I came to find the hard way - the tv shows were lying to me ^{C C}I pushed my way up under that car - I was wedged like a damn door stop ^{F G}But no matter how I tried I could only get one side - hidden from the cops ^C

^CSo there I lay half exposed in that embarrassing positi^Fon ^GPraying that God would get me out of this when across my field of vis^Cion ^CWalked two sets of shoes slowly - on the other side of the c^Far ^GOld Dennis was being taken to his room behind the bar^Cs

^CMe I laid their quietly half expecting to be ca^Fught ^GHalf exposed from half my head down to half of my t^Coes ^CBut in just a short time the cars pulled away and the radios were go^Fne ^GThank you Lord for letting me dodge that bullet and giving me this ^Csong

^CI’m sure there’s lots of morals this story - co^Fuld benefit your life ^GLike bad company will corrupt you especially after ^Cmid night ^CBut the biggest thing I guess I learned my biggest take away ^{F G}Is if you have a friend who’s nick name is menace you best just sta^Cy away