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Time Bomb - Rancid

Album: ...And Out Come the Wolves

genre: Ska Punk

If you wanna make a move then you better come in
It’s just the ability to reason that wears so thin
Living and dying and the stories that are true
Secrets to a good life’s knowing when you’re through

Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
The boy’s a time bomb
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
The boy’s a time bomb

Well, he’s back in the hole where they got him living
Like a rat but he’s smarter than that nine lives
Like a cat 15 years old take him to the youth authority home First thing you learn is that you got to make it in this world alone

Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
The boy’s a time bomb
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
The boy’s a time bomb

Now he’s gotten out, he’s gotten free, he’s gotta go, gotta car
He’s 21 years old, he’s runnin’ numbers from the bar
His pager’s beepin’, he’s got in deep in
Whatever he can move on in you know that kid’s a creepin’

Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
The boy’s a time bomb
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac
The boy’s a time bomb
(Yeah) The boy’s a time bomb

Tears come from the razor that’s been tattooed below his eye
His mother cries, she knows that he is strong enough to die
He’s rollin’ in the Cadillac, it’s midnight sunroof is down
Three shots rung out the hero’s dead, the new king is crowned

Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
The boy’s a time bomb
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
The boy’s a time bomb

Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
The boy’s a time bomb
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Yeah
The boy’s a time bomb

Ohh, time bomb!

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Lyrics added by Thomas B. Watts

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"Time Bomb" was the second single off Rancid's 1995 album "…And Out Come the Wolves".
Song details
  • Video Direction: Marcus Raboy
  • Publishing: Epitaph Records
  • Co-Production: Jerry Finn & Rancid
  • Mixing: Andy Wallace & Jerry Finn
  • Composition: Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman & Lars Frederiksen
  • Vocals: Tim Armstrong
  • Release Date: November 1, 1995
Part of the music video for this song was filmed in the building at 155 Rivington in New York City's Lower East Side wich later became the headquarters of Kickstarter.