Rancid - Time Bomb Lyrics






If you wanna make the 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 is knowing when you're through

[Chorus]
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac
Yeah, the boy's a time bomb
[x2]

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

[Chorus]

Now he's gotten out he's gotten free he's gotta go gotta car
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'

[Chorus]
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.

[Chorus x2]
Ohh, time bomb





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  1. c.... s....

    The kids triggered

  2. S.... M....

    Black ho I choose redhead get lead... Yeah.... The poisoned type ahh!!!

  3. R.... J....

    Time bomb back to the days... punx not dead

  4. F.... H....

    It be like that sometimes...

  5. A.... L....

    U said your wife just eats a whatever bagel or/was.

  6. S.... M....

    Why does all the music in 2019 have to suck??

  7. l.... o....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb7h4hoa4uk punx

  8. p.... c....

    Indonesia 🇮🇩 love rancid

  9. W.... ....

    all the people saying this isn't punk, what are you on about? punk doing what you want and love while not giving a damn about what others think. rancid is that.

  10. M.... 1....

    2020 here !

  11. K.... M....

    For those of you arguing about whether this song is punk, you have obviously have no knowledge of The Clash, Operation Ivy, Fugazi, etc. All of these bands had ska and reggae influences, and I can't imagine anyone saying they aren't punk. Rancid is, and will always remain, one of the best of the modern punk bands.

  12. T.... B....

    This is my favorite sex pistols song

  13. C.... ....

    I don't give AF if this is or isn't punk, it is a bad ass song and THAT is ALL that matters!

  14. n.... ....

    🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

  15. M.... C....

    My favourite Clash song of all time !

    RIP Joe

    M.... C....

    Hahahaha.

  16. i.... #....

    Legend song

  17. A.... e....

    Que recuerdos cuando tenia la cresta

  18. a.... c....

    peak Rancid. And that comes from a Rancid fan

  19. B.... M....

    Weren't they part of 2 Tone label and movement! Not excepting racism in any way!

  20. J.... W....

    Well thanks for saying im veery attractive...

  21. J.... L....

    Damn i still dig this

  22. g.... b....

    Gold old days my childhood friend we used play this song everytime we jam😂

  23. F.... P....

    https://youtu.be/hPAsukgQj7c

  24. B.... A....

    bomb city

  25. F.... N....

    23Nov2019??🔥

    F.... N....

    Hell Yeah. Better than the music right now!

    F.... N....

    @Mary Ward hell yeeaaaaah boiii 🔥

  26. M.... A....

    Who is watching “Time Bomb” in 2050?!! Timeless!!!

    M.... A....

    Michael A. Velasquez wong ndi riko kang

  27. S.... B....

    does it fucking matter; this is simple one of the best songs out there; nuff said!

  28. B.... M....

    punk not dead..OI...OI...OI

  29. L.... ....

    Toby Morse ❤️

  30. B.... D....

    Love the video with footage of the LES. Streit's Matzo Factory, a bodega a crappy apartment and blight. How times have changed.

  31. K.... R....

    Yeah, the boy's a time bomb

  32. J.... K....

    Happy Halloween

  33. P.... H....

    BRAZIL ZICAAAAA

  34. e.... g....

    Might be a bit of a stretch, but for some reason to me this reminds me a bit of empowers new clothes by sinead o connor, just by general sound

  35. T.... B....

    did it go off, yet? Pœnk! Wizzn Sie...

  36. M.... k....

    rAnCiD iSnT PuNk RoCk

  37. E.... F....

    They rock!

  38. R.... A....

    Don’t type the title word in YouTube pls, just the name of the band.

  39. R.... ....

    Fun with dick and jane

  40. S.... ....

    Im here, 2019 gang

  41. D.... S....

    And that is how you make a bass line move.

  42. M.... W....

    Punk rock English teacher since the 1970's. I love this band.

  43. B.... B....

    2020???

  44. B.... C....

    Am I the only one that feels like this was just ten years ago? Oh God nooo, I just added yet another "time flies comment" to a music video, what have I done?

    I've become what I hate.

  45. A.... ....

    One of the best song to play while on the lute

    A.... ....

    I think I get what you mean, the medieval string guitar like instrument, or maybe foreign slang for a toilet? Either way, great point

  46. K.... H....

    Back in the 90s, my big brother use to dance around all weird to Rancid, wearing his blk trench coat, and his 3ft tall green spiked mohawk. He died in 2005. I wish i had video of it now.

  47. t.... g....

    I feel like I'm that one weird black guy lol🤣 everyone has their drakes,lil this and lil that playing while I'm jamming to this song with my headphones on beside them🤣 this tune is really catchy !!

    t.... g....

    Right on dude.

    t.... g....

    Same same...but as a girl. They were my first concert lol!

    t.... g....

    Ska originated in Jamacia dude. Embrace your blackness 😎

    t.... g....

    Chicano here, and I bump this at work sometimes and get strange looks. Mean while, I think I heard 1 dude playing taylor swift the other day.....

    t.... g....

    This way better than today's trap music.

  48. m.... ....

    Anybody know if the guy with the white rimmed glasses at 02:20 (also in video thumbnail) is Duane Peters?
    Thx in advance.

  49. E.... M....

    Well technically it's ska which is why they have the two tone man in the video, basically same type as sublime but ska is quite punky anyway like the specials

  50. E.... M....

    I bet they wish they let Billy Joel Armstrong join the band now

  51. d.... g....

    I bought, "Let's Go" when it first came out.. Hmmm.. been listening to Rancid since '95 .. 24 years ago..Shit, I'm old as hell. Hell yeah.. I made it..

    d.... g....

    Same here. Still love it like the first time I heard it.

  52. F.... N....

    music tuk generasi tua

  53. M.... ....

    Got to see rancid many a time in Berkeley! Great times! Great music! Always remember them at peoples park on telegraph!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻❤️

  54. C.... M....

    Black and White splitting.

  55. A.... Q....

    Los Angeles, C A

  56. L.... H....

    This is their nod to the beginning, with the likes of the specials.

  57. r.... d....

    If you wanna make the 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 is knowing when you're through

    [Chorus]
    Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac
    Yeah, the boy's a time bomb
    [x2]

    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

    [Chorus]

    Now he's gotten out he's gotten free he's gotta go gotta car
    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'

    [Chorus]
    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.

    [Chorus x2]
    Ohh, time bomb

  58. C.... A....

    Very very good puto punk de puta madre

  59. c.... a....

    punk(ska) not dead!!

  60. F.... C....

    the bois a tidepod

  61. Z.... H....

    Feel old yet?

  62. C.... R....

    Nobody likes me

  63. P.... P....

    I love all the 15 million who listen to this!

  64. b.... d....

    trojan slumerican hellcat epitaph lasalle 4 life!!!

  65. D.... S....

    Songs that make you want to smoke a blunt

  66. J.... R....

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10220811694786023&id=134802

  67. P.... S....

    Love this shite..... brings back the days.... The BRITS had the best music of all types!!!! Bop your head and jump up and down .... pulled my neck out a few times doing that!!!

    P.... S....

    Hate to break it to ya but they're american, not brits.

    P.... S....

    @DravenX53 get the hell outta town!!! Thanks bro...hate being wrong on music...

  68. J.... A....

    RFFR! Rancid Forever Forever Rancid RFFR!

  69. E.... A....

    Thanks because this is punk fuck fuck fuck pop this is awesome!!!!🤘🖤

  70. F.... E....

    Que buena rola

  71. R.... S....

    Lembranças de minha adolescencia

  72. A.... E....

    He needs a lesson in lip syncing

  73. s.... ....

    Gracias a Las Locuras de Dick y Jane conocí esta canción :3

  74. S.... S....

    Love love love it

  75. M.... ....

    Forever a classic song! Viva RANCID! One of the most versatile bands ever! 😍

  76. R.... S....

    In my day punk was whatever it wanted to be. I guess todays youth have to label things to save in a playlist. Not very punk if you ask me!

  77. A.... Q....

    Los angeles?

  78. E.... S....

    Everyone is bitching if this is punk but I'm just over here like the words are out of sync with his mouth

    E.... S....

    Bah ha ha!

  79. A.... C....

    TRI4THから

  80. L.... L....

    guys éva i sayd the TRUE will BE on CUP-101 , MY NAME IS DAD ETHERIC call all the PUNKS plz, just the PUNKS on the day 30/07/2019

  81. D.... A....

    My favourite band😍

  82. s.... f....

    August 2019

  83. T.... B....

    Advertisements during a punk record is unacceptable!! Turning this off and putting on my Rancid cd.. Fuck you YouTube

  84. C.... ....

    I don't wanna work
    I just wanna bang on de drum all day

  85. c.... g....

    Still sounds as modern as the day it was realesed. TIMELESS!!

  86. A.... L....

    July 2019?

  87. E.... d....

    If you wanna make the 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 is 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
    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
    Yeah, the boy's a time bomb
    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
    Oh, time bomb

  88. m.... ....

    Jim Carrey stealing grass brought me here

    m.... ....

    Me too man

  89. T.... P....

    I pooped in my black shoes

  90. V.... C....

    RUN MORSE RUN

  91. K.... M....

    I love love these

  92. F.... S....

    Fck iam noatalgia ! Nice era dude

  93. B.... T....

    This song was my ringtone when cellphones where coming of age lol. Oh the nostalgia.

    B.... T....

    And now you're old lol

  94. a.... l....

    Give um the fucking boot !

  95. T.... B....

    The interrupters brought me back to this classic as someone compared this track to kerosene. Love both bands and love Ska Punk so glad I grew up in this stuff!

  96. L.... M....

    What is up with his teeth?

  97. G.... C....

    Ou 124 Barack