I was raised up on the west side of town 
That's where I met Jimmy Gillum 
Baddest man around 
He'd rather fight than eat
Mister That's no lie 
If you cross him up smile and wave goodbye
Bad bad Jimmy baddest man alive 

He was dynamite in a small pack 
His fuse was short 
He didn't cut no slack 
Oh that Jimmy Gillum was a bad cat 

Talk about trouble
You talk about mean 
Jimmy was the baddest cat I've ever seen
You talk about trouble 
Should've been his name 
Jimmy never pulled a punch 
He was a fightin' machine 
Yeah he was he was a fightin' machine 

Now I recall one night at the Sugar Bowl
That's a honky tonk where Jimmy goes 
Yeah the One Percent were burnin' up the stage
In walk Jimmy in a drunken daze 
Ready to fight son in the worst way 
So I ran for cover behind the stage 
Bottles started flyin' I began to pray 
Please oh Lord don't let him look my way 

It's been years since I saw Jimmy last
When I pulled into a jiffy the other day 
Just to get some gas 
I heard this guy screamin' next to me
Turn on this pump you dirty s.o.b. 
To my surprise it was Jimmy alive and well 
Jumped in my car and took off fast 
Knew in a minute he'd be kickin' ass 
Oh that Jimmy Gillum was a bad cat 

Yea he was talk about trouble, talk about trouble
Yeaaaaoooowwww talk about trouble 
Yea that boy was bad to the bone talk about trouble
Play it boys sound good 

Us Gillums never die we just fade away
Ummmmm trouble boy