Hand To Mouth Lyrics

Hand To Mouth lyrics

Jimmy Got Nothing made himself a name

 With a gun that he polished for a rainy day

 A smile and a quote from a vigilante movie

 Our boy Jimmy just blew them all away

 He said it made him crazy

 Twenty five years living hand to mouth

 Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth

 

 Sweet little baby on a big wihite doorstep

 She needs her mother but her mother is dead

 Just another hooker that the lucky can forget

 Just another hooker

 It happens everyday

 She loved her little baby

 But she couldn't bear to see her living hand to mouth

 Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth

 

 I believe in the gods of America

 I believe in the land of the free

 But no one told me

 (No one told me)

 That the gods believe in nothing

 So with empty hands I pray

 And from day to hopeless day

 They still don't see me

 (See me)

 

 Everybody talks about the new generation

 Jump on the wagon or they'll leave you behind

 But no one gave a thought to the rest of the nation

 "Like to help you buddy, but I haven't got the time"

 Somebody shouted save me

 But everybody started living hand to mouth

 Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth

 

 There's a big white lady

 On a big white doorstep

 She asked her daddy and her daddy said "yes"

 Has to give a little for the dollars that we get

 Has to give a little -

 They say it's for the best

 Somebody shouted

 Maybe

 But they kept on living from hand to mouth

 Hand to mouth, hand to mouth, hand to mouth

 

 So she ran to the arms of America

 And she kissed the powers that be

 And someone told me

 (Someone told me)

 That the gods believe in nothing

 So with empty hands I pray

 And I tell myself

 One day

 They just might see me...