There were two bad hats they didnât kill.
He was the one Iâd squeeze.
I told the guy, âGet ready to spill
Like the Exxon Valdez.â
Leaned on him heavyâNot much time.
In two hours tops, heâd fly.
For a (con/mook) whose thing was small-time crime.
He had a lotta friends up on high.
I mean â¦
Whenever we haul in the usual suspects,
Heâs not the one you take seriously.
Arms like a girl,
Weak like a pup,
A noticeable hitch in his giddy-up.
(Told you/He (told/gave) me everything), and nothing at all.
There was a top-notch, first class entry man
Seriously sick in the head.
He was the (man/one) who whispered the plan,
Or so this grifter said.
(Then/Whe)n he talked about the
Con from Queens, (as) mean as a snake,
(And) The (Loud shirt?/pimped-up) marble-mouth
And the fortyish, former cop-on-the-take
Who took it hard when the job went south.
(Guess he had) He (said he had) fun beinâ one of the usual suspects,
(Got/Getting) to behave notoriously
Dumb as a sock,
Weak little wretch
Who never even rated a composite sketch.
See, he was usually nothinâ at all.
So I get this tip and (I) drop a name.
He drops his cigarette.
That was the moment that changed the game,
But I didnât really get it yet.
He tells me a storyâwasnât any bull,
But he (leaves/left) out the final twist.
He says,
âThe slickest trick you see The Devil pull,
Is makinâ like he doesnât exist.â
Whenever we haul in the usual suspects,
Heâs not the one you take seriously.â¦
No, no, no.
A year ago we busted him for Three-Card Monte.
He (told/gave) me everything), and nothing at all.
Nothing at all,
Nothing at all.