Leroy

Golden pocket watch, satin suit, he's a looker

Roll a seven dice, speakeasies, and some hookers

He's every man's fear and every woman's desire

Look Jacky in the eyes and set your soul on fire

 

In the back alley streets it's the King Pin's Town

Coppers turn them heads and let his deals go down

Hush hush tweety bird don't make a peep

Cause Jacky and his gang just walked out in the street

 

Barefoot overall jeans on the river

Oak paddle boat black man make deliver

Ole Leroy knows every cat's name

He's the hardest swamp shaker to ever play the game

 

In the shrimp boat creeks where the crew kept stock

Leroy packed the dope and rowed it out the docks

Hush hush tweety bird don't make a peep

Cause Ole Leroy just paddled in the creek

 

Oooooooo

 

You can run the game and you can run the town

But when your time runs out

God's gonna cut you down

 

Jacky heard the word that supply was low and a Gullah shrimp fisher was holdin up a load

Jacky threw a grin, grabbed a gal, and made a toast

Said, "Let's go rob a country hick's ole riverboat"

 

So Jacky and his gang hopped quick and ditched the city

To go find Leroy in the Carolina Pretty

Tommy gun cocked bourbon rocks lookin clean

Just a robbery ride down South 17

 

You can run the game and you can run the town

But when your time runs out

God's gonna cut you down

 

Ole Leroy was on the coastal waterway

Pullin up to a regular to lighten his day

Gave the goodies and made the money exchange

When Jacky pulled up in a Rolls with his gang

 

Boom boom bang, boom boom bang 

 

And when the gun shots stopped and the smoke all cleared

No Leroy in sight and all Jacky could hear was

 

Ooooooh

 

Jacky ran the game and Jacky ran the town

But Jacky's time ran out

When ole Leroy cut him down