It's Hard To Wave In Handcuffs

Sweat poured down his brow

When the temperature is below zero

First guy tries to rob

Turns out to be a hero



He ran, he rid

When the guys said

"Just forget it kid"



If it's a hood they want

It's a hood they'll get

This time he is ready

And set



Guzzled half a Coke

That was sitting on a dryer

In an old laundromat

What do you think about it



When he was through he put the bottle in a jacket

With six more from the rack

Stumbled into an alley

For some fun and money

And some crackerjack



Wipe that goddamn smile off your face

I'll pull a hole your wife can't mend

Stuck my gun into his ribs

I'm glad I left the bullets where I did



Just don't say nothing

Don't say nothing



Walked down the street

Snow is falling down

Twenty bucks he took

Left one buck

"Tip a bum,

It's good luck."



Bruce Springsteen

Getting his hair curled

Otis Redding

Hanging out the clothes



Wipe that goddamn smile old friend

I'll blow a hole your wife can't mend

I'll shoot your head and rip that chest

You can move in it, just be my guest

Wipe that motherfucker off that

I own that Cadillac



God what did I do



A girl I haven't seen in years

Waved to me

I held my tears

She thought my shirt it must have been stuffed

It's hard to wave in handcuffs