Crazy little child
   Never got to see
   All the pretty things in life
   Had him put away
   Nothing they could say
   Could ever make the pieces fit
   Aw well, Daddy-o was rich
   Mama was a bitch
   Living wasn't easy in between
   Behind his silent scream
   Jackson in his teens
   Was planning his escape
  
   He was a crazy little child
   New Orleans Alley playground
   Grimy faced
   He watched the hookers cry
   Winos were his friends
   And when he talked to them
   They said, "Jackson, boy, they'll get you by and by"
  
   Depression settin' in
   Desp'rate, cool and quick
   Jackson learned the ropes out on the street
   Little candy stores
   Just pickin' locks and doors
   Was practice for a two bit killer little thief
  
   So Jackson went to Ritz
   And ev'ryone was hip
   Ritz ran all the rackets there in town
   If you need another boy
   A trigger or a blade
   Well, I'm the slickest cat around
  
   Yeah, Ritz gave him the eye
   Once over, then he smiled
   "Yeah, I've got something here in mind
   If you meet me here at two
   I think you'll like the view
   Of that long green when you crack that safe tonight"
  
   He was a crazy little child
   New Orleans Alley playground
   And grimy faced
   He watched the hookers cry, whoo
   Winos were his friends
   And when he talked to them
   They said, "Jackson, boy, they'll get you by and by," that's right
  
   Well, I'll wait for you outside
   And I'll be your ears and your eyes
   And boy, you just slip in there and bring out all that loot
   But Ritz was taken by surprise
   Couple of unspectin' guys
   And they left poor Jackson inside
  
   Questions there were few
   In fact there were none
   When those Sheriff's bullets start to fly
   Lay dying on the floor
   With a smokin' forty four
   He said, "I must admit the winos were right"
  
   Crazy little child
   Never got to see
   All the pretty things in life
   We buried him today
   Nothing we could say
   Could ever make the pieces fit
  
   Yeah, I must admit the winos were right
   Oh, I must admit the winos were right
   Yes, that's what I said
   I must admit the winos we-ere ri-ight