Even Out

[Verse 1 feat. Skinhorse]
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?

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2 feat. Skinhorse]
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"

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3 feat. Skinhorse]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
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