Well they packed up their violin cases
Hopped in a big black Studebaker
They were acting pretty scary
No one talked as they synchronized their watches
And they drove past a train station
The train rolled out with a passenger car
Filled with retired millionaires and movie stars
Coats
And that would be all she wrote
And the gangsters
Cowboys
Gypsies
And freewheelers
Sold out their trades to become d**g dealers
There ain't no money in doing things straight
Your community thanks you
Business is good
And nice guys don't get paid
Outside the train window fast as he could ride
Was a kid on a horse with a head full of lies
And the tears of excitement couldn't put out the fire in his eyes
For the house he was riding to burglarize
All through the house they were dancing and singing
An extended family with fiddlers and magicians
A juggler and a chemist who'd invent potion
To pacify all the killers and rapist
The chemist died in the burglary and they sold the prescription
For a case of cheap red wine to a traveling salesman
In a three wheeled jalopy
He bought and sold potions
To the city that looked over the ocean
And he sold the last drop
It was big with the rich kids
And soon the city would be crawling with addicts
And back rooms
Dark allies
Basements and attics
When
A fly is trapped in a spider's web
But a bat's got the spider
And no one knows what's going on
But you've gotta show up for yourself at the end of the day
And nice guys don't get paid
Nice guys don't get paid
Now all the hopeless romantics are wearing white collars
Upstanding assassins
Cleaning filthy dollars
Car jacking fanatic
[00:22.76]Well they packed up their violin cases
[00:25.78]Hopped in a big black Studebaker
[00:30.12]They were acting pretty scary
[00:32.36]No one talked as they synchronized their watches
[00:36.86]And they drove past a train station
[00:50.13]The train rolled out with a passenger car
[00:55.06]Filled with retired millionaires and movie stars
[00:59.58]Coats
[00:59.99]And that would be all she wrote
[01:01.74]And the gangsters
[01:02.86]Cowboys
[01:03.47]Gypsies
[01:04.40]And freewheelers
[01:14.19]Sold out their trades to become d**g dealers
[01:18.32]There ain't no money in doing things straight
[01:22.26]Your community thanks you
[01:23.94]Business is good
[01:25.26]And nice guys don't get paid
[01:27.45]Outside the train window fast as he could ride
[01:32.14]Was a kid on a horse with a head full of lies
[01:36.76]And the tears of excitement couldn't put out the fire in his eyes
[01:41.11]For the house he was riding to burglarize
[01:55.08]All through the house they were dancing and singing
[01:59.93]An extended family with fiddlers and magicians
[02:04.72]A juggler and a chemist who'd invent potion
[02:09.22]To pacify all the killers and rapist
[02:13.71]The chemist died in the burglary and they sold the prescription
[02:18.35]For a case of cheap red wine to a traveling salesman
[02:23.05]In a three wheeled jalopy
[02:25.21]He bought and sold potions
[02:27.55]To the city that looked over the ocean
[02:31.42]And he sold the last drop
[02:34.10]It was big with the rich kids
[02:36.75]And soon the city would be crawling with addicts
[02:40.56]And back rooms
[02:42.23]Dark allies
[02:43.65]Basements and attics
[02:45.51]When
[02:45.93]A fly is trapped in a spider's web
[02:49.20]But a bat's got the spider
[02:59.22]And no one knows what's going on
[03:03.97]But you've gotta show up for yourself at the end of the day
[03:08.67]And nice guys don't get paid
[03:13.55]Nice guys don't get paid
[03:25.73]Now all the hopeless romantics are wearing white collars
[03:31.05]Upstanding assassins
[03:33.16]Cleaning filthy dollars
[03:35.75]Car jacking fanatic