If you wanna make the 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
The secret to a good life is knowing when you're through

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

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
They take his soul, take him to the youth authority home
First thing you learn, you got to make it in this world alone

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

Now he's gotten out, he's gotten free, he gotta go, got a car
He's 21 years old, he's running numbers from the bar
His pager's beeping, he's getting deep in
Whatever he can move on in you know that kid's a creepin'

Black coat
white shoes
Black hat
Cadillac, yeah
The boy's a time bomb
The boy's a time bomb

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

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
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