Jackie went to high school   In a little Texas town   He finished up and spent the most of next year bummin' around   He couldn't find a job to hold    So on a Friday night   He figured he could see the world and buy a 4-wheel drive   If he'd join the army   Cause these are desperate times      Well he came back four years later   A little higher off the ground   Things there hadn't changed    And that just really got him down   So he went off to San Antone   An hour to the east   And got a job workin' for the San Antone police   Well he had a pistol now   Cause these are desperate times      Well ol Jackie he got married   But his ends they wouldn't meet   His wife worked at the Texas Commerce Bank just up the street   Jackie got an idea    To get him outta debt   And they could live the good life    And drive a new Corvette   If he'd rob the bank he said   Cause these are desperate times      Well he had planned the whole thing   And while his baby worked   He came in after hours   In a black ski mask and shirt   She told him where the money was   And thats just where he went   The minute that he saw it he already had it spent   Well it wasn't easy    But these are desperate times      Well he drove off to Bandera   Cause that was his hometown   He had it in his mind just where he'd lay that money down   He went out to his mom's house   And Jack went up the hill   To bury that old suitcase full of hundred dollar bills   Well he'd let it sit a while   Cause these are desperate times      Well the bank they called the g-men   Cause they were insured by the Fed   And Jill she rolled on Jack   Cause she was in above her head   The g-men gave Jack wind of this    When they made his arrest   And he asked her why she turned on the one that she loved best   Well it wasn't easy Jack   But these are desperate times      Yeah ain't that what you always said   These are desperate times