Once upon a time
there was a
boy named Jack
who was always
looking forwards
and never looking back
The careers officers
at our school
always used to
say that Jack
was the one
who had the
brighter future
but now Jack's dead
with a crack in his head
Slumped in an alley
like a sack full of lead
It was the crack
they said but
I know better
'cause I knew
Jill was trouble
from the moment
that I met her
She was not
just a pretty face
and a hat rack
Knew that dreams disappear
like pussy out
the cat flap
Round her little finger
she had Jack wrapped
'til that lab rat thought
that he was in the Rat Pack
but when cat meats rat
only one winner
Law dictates that
one becomes dinner
True that at night
he could ignite
a light in her
but could he make
a grand on The Streets
like Mike Skinner
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Looking back on
the course of events
I see what
Jack had in heart
he was lacking in sense
Jill was into fashion
and she studied in Kent
She had enough
money for shoes
but never for rent
She needed money quick
and Jack knew a fast way
Started selling class A's
to all Jill's classmates
Led him halfway
down a dark pathway
I said I don't care
if you're making
a killing Jack
that's a daft way
to try to make a living
if you ask me
your arse may
End up in prison
where it's ghastly
and when you're sick
and feeling queasy
and your arse aches
Picking up the pieces
won't be easy
like when glass breaks
Skin me and
Jill moving in
to a house on
the hill in Ealing
and she's only willing
if I'm continuing dealing
Besides I'm
making a killing
moving a kilo
It'll all be
fine and dandy
Jack it's not
even the Beano
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Truth is me and Jill
we go way back
Started in a
bar and grill
finished in a haystack
and when it ended
guess the wounds
never mended
She went from
please please please
to the big payback
I guess I always
figured it
came down to
the day that
Her dad went
for a cigarette
and never came back
Her mum never
wrote a note
Put on an overcoat
Took an overdose
Lay down on
a train track
Shame that
but that's how life goes
One minute
you're an innocent
the next you're a psycho
Night Jack died
I saw Jill
in her nightclothes
Blood dripping from
her right hand
holding the pipe hose
Looking round at the
state of the slaughter
I said Jill you'd better
get a pail of the water
The truth is
I never really liked Jack
and now I've
got your flat hat crack
and your cat so
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Deep down
Does it ever even out
Does it even even out
even out in the long run
Deep down it'll
never even out
never even out
even out in the long run
Deep down it'll
never even out
never even out
even out in the long run
Deep down it'll
never even out
never even out
even out in the long run
Deep down it'll
never even out
never even out
even out in the long run
Deep down it'll
never even out
never even out
even out in the long run