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Jimmy Took the Money

from The Dream by Tracie Potochnik

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lyrics

Jimmy took the money took the money took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head
Jimmy took the money took the money took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head

They were driving on the south side
Armored car, smooth ride
Turned to his partner
Said I’m tired of the nine to five

If you don’t speak a word of it
I’ll do a eighty twenty split
The man said Jimmy what the hell
Ran a stop sign

Jimmy took the money took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head
Jimmy took the money took the money took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head

Well he left a pile of dough
In the graveyard with a note
It said I’m so sorry, mama, so sorry sorry so so
Daddy shook his head and said
That boy ain’t got a lick of sense
Looked at the bloody coat
Wiped his eyes, called the po-po

Jimmy took the money took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head
Jimmy took the money took the money took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head

Now he’s out there on the run
Another white boy with a gun
He said I’m sick of this steel town
Want some Florida sun
It’s a shame he never got to see
His picture on the TV
By the time he hit the state line
Everybody knew what he done

He took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head
Jimmy took the money took the money took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head

Everybody knows that he should have gone to Mexico
Should have took the back roads
Should have kept his mouth closed
He’s sleeping in a crack house
That’s how it’s going down now
There’s nowhere to go, Jimmy
There’s nowhere to go, Jimmy,
Nowhere to go go go

Jimmy took the money, took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head
Jimmy took the money took the money took the money
Put a bullet in that poor man’s head

Jimmy Jimmy
He put a bullet in that poor man’s head

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from The Dream, released October 15, 2013

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Tracie Potochnik Providence, Rhode Island

Providence-based singer-songwriter Tracie Potochnik is noted for applying simple arrangements and delicately crafted narratives to songs exposing the complexity of the human condition. Tracie brings three chords, the truth, and occasionally a mandolin to her shows. She once killed a man in Reno, but not just to watch him die. Bastard had it coming. ... more

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