Slippery Jim - Stainless Steel Rat

Verse 1:
The world is too gray, the world is too bland,
Among the well-fed, I’ve got no land.
You’re manicured lawns, all trimmed and neat,
I’m the weed breaking through the concrete.
James Bolivar — the name on the file,
Master of masks and a deadpan smile.
In a world of ice and walls so flat,
A loophole is found by the Stainless Rat!

Chorus:
Slippery Jim! Into the night.
Slippery Jim! He’s doing all right —
Cracking the bank, fooling the fleet,
Turning the chaos into something sweet!
Stainless Steel Rat in a rust-free dream,
The deadliest player on any team.
The world is a cage, the law is a lie,
Jim slips away to the starry sky!

Verse 2:
Inskipp is setting a trap and a grill,
But Jimmy diGriz has a sharper will.
From crook to an agent? A hell of a spin!
Special Corps calls, let the games begin.
The galaxy groans under tyrants and kings,
But Jimmy has aces and hidden strings.
Angelina’s here — beautiful as sin,
In this game of luck, we’re bound to win!

Verse 3:
Lockpicks in pocket, chips in the brain,
Hacking the code of your boring terrain.
Past laser shields and the hounds of the state —
The click of the pins is the music I create!
Let the Starfleet choke on their pride and their rage,
I’m the Joker jumping right off the page.
Crime is an art, and I’m the elite,
A steel silhouette on a neon street!

Verse 4:
You call me a thief? I’m an artist, a light.
A hostage to laws that never were right.
There’s liquid metal instead of blood,
I’m taking back what you threw in the mud.
Tomorrow I’m gone to a new hemisphere,
A different face, a new frontier.
Freedom’s my compass, risk is my fuel,
In this Universe, I’m the only rule!

Bridge:
(Tempo slows. Atmospheric DX7 synth pads. Vocals become robotic/filtered)
Between the planets, between the suns,
I’m the glitch in the code where the data runs.
You build your cages with rules and fears...
I’ll steal the blueprints... until it clears.
The ace is played. The steel is bright.
Watch the outlaw... vanish... from sight.

(Synthesizer Solo: High-pitched, frantic, modulated lead synth)

Finale:
Jimmy is fading... Jim’s in the gray...
The shuttle lights flicker and drift away.
[Spoken words - Radio Intercept]
Male voice (distorted): Base, this is Special Corps. We lost him.
Female voice (static): What? ... Again?
Male voice: Again.
(Whispered laughter with a slight delay effect)
The Stainless Steel Rat... is immortal.