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!