“It's Good to Have Jayne On Your Side” by Justin Boot with lyric changes by Marion Call

Performed by Bedlam Bards & Marc Gunn
From EP: Firefly Drinking Songs and As Long As I'm Flyin'

He’s dumb but he’s tough, he likes to shoot stuff
And he won’t give a damn what ya think
Spends his days turning wrenches, his night chasing wenches
And he’ll happily kick in your teeth,
Yes, he’ll happily kick in your teeth

He come from St Joe where he lives with his ma
Lots of fish and this drunk Mexican
He hopped a few trains just to ride off his pains
Now he’s doing the best that he can, yes he’s doing the best that he can

* He's too proud to live and too dumb to die
Lord knows that his mother she tried
He always meant well while he's going to hell
But it's good to have Jayne on your side,
Yes, it's good to have Jayne on your side.

He drinks mudders milk, he don't wear no cock ring
He don't fight for no honor or fame
A night out with his gun is his idear of fun
And he thinks all you mudders are lame,
Yes, he thinks all you mudders are lame.

He steals what he needs from the big companies
And returns it so he can get paid
First son of Spinard his life is quite hard
Escaping the messes he's made,
Yes, escaping the messes he's made.

He's living his dream he fixes up things
He's got him a rusty shotgun
A three-legged dog, a shack on a hill
And that's his retirement fund,
Yes, that's Jayne's retirement fund.

He rolls with the Satins, he don't do much hatin'
Not much in this Verse that he needs
Jus a little more clutch, some vittles and such
And one night with some pretty young girl,
Yes, some trim from some fine looking girl.

Chords: Key A

[A]He’s dumb but he’s tough, he [D]likes to shoot stuff
And he [A]won’t give a damn what ya [E7]think
Spends his [A]days turning wrenches, his [D]night chasing wenches
And he’ll [A]happily [E7]kick in your [A]teeth,
[D]Yes, he’ll [A]happily [E7]kick in your [A]teeth

He's [D]too proud to live and [A]too dumb to die
Lord knows that his mother she [E7]tried
He [D]always meant well while he's [A]going to hell
But it's good to have [E7]Jayne on your [A]side,
[D]Yes, it's [A]good to have [E7]Jayne on your [A]side.

Background

I learned this song from the Bedlam Bards. They got it from Marion Call. She learned it from the author Justin Boots who didn't actually write a song about Jayne from Firefly. His song is called “Shaner”.