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 gotta 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

Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac

The boy's a time bomb

Yeah, 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



Oooohhh, time bomb!