Jack he went to high school in a little Texas town
He finished up and spent most of the next year bumming round
He couldn't find job to hold so on a Friday night
He figured he could see the world and buy a four wheel drive
If he joined the Army
Cause these are desperate times
Well he came back four years later a little higher off the ground
Things there hadn't changes and that just really got him down
So he went of to San Antone an hour to the east
And got a job working for the San Antone police
He had a pistol now
These are desperate times
Old Jackie he got married but his ends just wouldn't meet
His wife worked at the Texas Commerce Bank just up the street
Jack he got an idea to get him out of debt
And they could live a good life and drive a new corvette
If he robbed the bank he said
These are desperate times
He had planned the whole thing and while his baby worked
He came in after hours in a black ski mask and shirt
She'd told him where the money was and that's just where he went
The minute that he saw it he already had it spent
Well it wasn't easy
But these are desperate times
SOLO
He drove off to Bandera that was his home town
He had it in his mind just where he'd lay that money down
He went out to his mom's house Jack went up the hill
To bury that old suitcase full of hundred dollar bills
He'd let it sit a while
Cause these are desperate times
The bank they called the g men cause they were insured by the fed
Jill she rolled on Jack cause she was in above her head
The g men gave Jack wind of this when they made his arrest
He asked her why she turned on the one that she loved best
Well it wasn't easy Jack
These are desperate times
Yea ain't that what you always said
These are desperate times
From Charlie Robison "Bandera"