It started out with a few misfortunes
His daddy ran off for some broad from the Motown
When mama said we're leaving tomorrow
Jimmy already 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 who's really scared of difference
The whipping boy won't take his beating
He only leaves 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 auto biography
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
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, now you're free
