"Jody Looks Out For Himself" Lyrics

joker's had a breakdown,
shot in the back while he's trying to scale the wall.
the mac's got the bag now.
over the bricks, hits the ground from the fall.
and then a blade from the far left,
shaved down the mac from a six to a foot less.
and from the alley way jody makes the fly-by,
picks up the bag and his blade, fixes his bow tie.

you got to look out for yourself,
and if you're going to kill then you can't tell,
and if you're going to stick then you can't bail,
and if you got to lie like you never did.

the joker's in the jail yard,
pushes a broom under watch from the two guards.
and the mac wears his silver badge a little crooked,
he shakes the other guards hand like he never shook it.
back in the cell he said 'i'll take the bag right?,
out to the yard and i'll drop it on the far side,
distract the guard then you gun it when i scratch my head.
over the bricks then we split it like we all said.'

look out for yourself,
and if you're going to kill then you can't tell,
and if you're going to stick then you can't bail,
and if you got to lie like you never did.

jody does the books for the prison and
he gives the mac a cut for the money missing
if the mac can get the loot over the side wall.
so the mac cuts in the joker so he keeps his job.
but the crook and the prison guard have the same plan:
'i can double my take if i lose the other man,
and then i'll get rid of jody and i'll triple my take',
but jody had the better plan and the bigger blade.