Jimmy -

It started out with a few misfortunes

His daddy ran off with some broad from the Motown

When mama said we’re leaving tomorrow

Jimmy already had his things together

So many days of thinking of the past

The girl he left behind and hanging out in the free streets

Somehow Jimmy had survived his reflections

The broken glass in his hands, a noose before him

Said he did it before, he’s gonna do it again

Give him a fix and a bottle and he won’t complain

Until he’s blue in the face

Jimmy’s the leader of a losing race

Hey Jimmy did you learn your lesson?

You always know what you were missing

Hey Jimmy did you solve the problem?

Just a kid with no direction

Some people say it was fright that drove him

But Jimmy knows he’s really scared of difference

The whipping boy won’t take his beating

It only left them alone to their thinking

Of how he knew what they could never know

And he would live and learn to be himself through his mistakes

Watch and laugh, pretend they were okay

Waiting for things to change, it’s just another day

Said he did it before, he’s gonna do it again

Give him a fix and a bottle and he won’t complain

Until he’s blue in the face

Jimmy’s the leader of a losing race

Hey Jimmy did you learn your lesson?

You always know what you were missing

Hey Jimmy did you solve the problem?

Just a kid with no direction

Hey Jimmy don’t you walk away

We’ll look at life according to me

You’re my life support autobiography

Hey Jimmy take a look inside

Let’s take a chance, enjoy the ride

Impressions don’t die

No one knew your story

Hey Jimmy did you learn your lesson?

You always know what you were missing

Hey Jimmy did you solve the problem?

Just a kid with no direction