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Artist: Rancid
Canonical path: /rancid/time-bomb
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Time Bomb
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Time Bomb
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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 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
Thirteen years old,take him to the youth authority home
First thing you learn is that you got to make it in this worldalone
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 gotten free, he gotta go
Gotta car, he's 21 years old he's runnin' numbers from the bar
His pager's beepin', he's gotten deep in
What ever he can move on in you know that kid's a creepin' in
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
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 of here and then
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
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