If you wanna make the move
Then you [bad word] in
It's just ability to reason
That wears so thin
Living and dying and the stories that are [bad word] 
Secrets 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 15 years old take him to the youth authority home
First thing you learn is 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's gotta go getta car
He is 21 years old [bad word] #39; numbers from the bar
His pager's beepin', he's got in 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
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, cadillac, yeah
The boy's a time bomb

The boy's a time bomb

 [bad word] 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 [bad word] 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

Ohh, time bomb