One Jump Ahead

Gotta keep one jump ahead of the breadline

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

Try a different tact, guys

Rip him open

'Round the back lines

I can take a hint, gotta face the facts

Could really use a friend or two

Huh?

Oh, it's sad, 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, 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

Abu

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

One jump ahead of the hoofbeats

One hop ahead of the hump

One trick ahead of disaster

They're quick, but I'm much faster, here it goes

Better throw my hand in, wish me happy landin'

All I gotta do is jump