The Thief

I'm a Christian, and I don't believe it's right for someone to steal But I'm a man with a family to provide for, that's the deal If I could find a way, an honest way I swear to you I'd take the job today But they don't want me or nobody like me With a tenth grade education and a rap sheet So I take unnecessary things From those who can afford to lose their necklaces and rings I ain't no Jesse James, I just looked my options through I got two kids and a wife who deserve a decent life So I do what I gotta do There's a guy up near Bakersfield who likes what I got to sell So I ain't scraping by no more Cleaning toilets in some rich man's hotel But sometimes when I'm winding through the grapevine Driving north across that Kern County line I keep hoping for blue lights coming up behind Coming to relieve all this pressure in my mind And yet I take unnecessary things From those who can afford to lose their necklaces and rings I ain't no Jesse James, I just looked my options through I got two kids and a wife who deserve a decent life So I do what I gotta do