Jackie went to high school

In a little Texas town

He finished up and spent the most of next year bummin' around

He couldn't find a job to hold

So on a Friday night

He figured he could see the world and buy a 4-wheel drive

If he'd join the army

Cause these are desperate times



Well he came back four years later

A little higher off the ground

Things there hadn't changed

And that just really got him down

So he went off to San Antone

An hour to the east

And got a job workin' for the San Antone police

Well he had a pistol now

Cause these are desperate times



Well ol Jackie he got married

But his ends they wouldn't meet

His wife worked at the Texas Commerce Bank just up the street

Jackie got an idea

To get him outta debt

And they could live the good life

And drive a new Corvette

If he'd rob the bank he said

Cause these are desperate times



Well he had planned the whole thing

And while his baby worked

He came in after hours

In a black ski mask and shirt

She told him where the money was

And thats 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



Well he drove off to Bandera

Cause that was his hometown

He had it in his mind just where he'd lay that money down

He went out to his mom's house

And Jack went up the hill

To bury that old suitcase full of hundred dollar bills

Well he'd let it sit a while

Cause these are desperate times



Well the bank they called the g-men

Cause they were insured by the Fed

And Jill she rolled on Jack

Cause she was in above her head

The g-men gave Jack wind of this

When th