One Jump Ahead

Gotta keep

One jump ahead of the bread line

One swing ahead of the sword

I steal only what I can't afford

And that's everything

One jump ahead of the lawmen

That's all, and that's no joke

These guys don't appreciate I'm broke

Riff raff, street rat

Scoundrel, take that

Just a little snack, guys

Rip it open, take it back, guys

I can take a hint, gotta face the facts

I can use a friend or two

True

Oh, it's that Aladdin's hit the bottom

He's become a one-man rise in crime

I'd blame parents 'cept he hasn't got 'em

Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat

Tell you all about it when I got the time

One jump ahead of the slowpokes

One skip ahead of my doom

Next time I'm gonna use a nom de plume

One jump ahead of the hitmen

One hit ahead of the flock

I think I'll take a stroll around the block

Stop, thief

Vandal, outrage, scandal

Let's not be too hasty

Still I think he's rather tasty

Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat

Otherwise we'd get along

Wrong

You better run, ha, ha, ha

One jump ahead of the hoofbeats

(Vandal)

One hop ahead of the hump

(Street rat)

One trick ahead of disaster

(Scoundrel)

They're quick but I'm much faster

(Take that)

Here goes, better thrown my hand in

Wish me happy landin'

All I gotta do is jump

Don't let him get away

Sometimes it's just way too easy