You Don't Mess Around with Jim (Live)
Jim Croce"You Don't Mess Around with Jim (Live)" is a song by Jim Croce, released in 1989 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:25 long and contains 52 lines and 371 words.
0:00You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce
0:06Uptown got it's hustlers
0:09The Bowery got it's bums
0:1142 nd street got big Jim walker
0:14He's a pool shooting son of a gun
0:17Yeah he big and dumb as a man can come
0:20But he's stronger than a country horse
0:22And when the bad folks all get together at night
0:25You know they all call big Jim boss
0:27Just because
0:30And they say
0:31You don't tug on superman's cape
0:33You don't spit into the wind
0:36You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
0:39And you don't mess around with Jim
0:46Well outta south Alabama came a country boy
0:49He said I'm looking for a man named Jim
0:51I'm a pool shooting boy my name Willie mccoy
0:54But down home they call me slim
0:57Yeah I'm looking for the king of 42 nd street
1:00He driving a drop top Cadillac
1:02Last week he took all my money
1:04And it may sound funny
1:05But I've come to get my money back
1:08And everybody say jack don't you know
1:10And you don't tug on superman's cape
1:13You don't spit into the wind
1:16You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
1:19And you don't mess around with Jim
1:26Well a hush fell over the pool room
1:28Jimmy come bopping in off the street
1:31And when the cutting were done
1:33The only part that wasn't bloody
1:35Was the soles of the big man's feet
1:37Yeah he were cut in in bout a hundred places
1:39And he were shot in a couple more
1:42And you better believe
1:44They sung a different kind of story
1:45When big Jim hit the floor
1:50Now they say
1:51You don't tug on superman's cape
1:53You don't spit into the wind
1:56You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
1:59And you don't mess around with slim
2:04Yeah big Jim got his hat
2:06Find out where it's at
2:08And it's not hustling people strange to you
2:10Even if you do got a two piece custom made pool cue
2:17Yeah you don't tug on superman's cape
2:20You don't spit into the wind
2:22You don't pull the mask off the old lone ranger
2:25And you don't mess around with slim
You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce Uptown got it's hustlers The Bowery got it's bums 42 nd street got big Jim walker He's a pool shooting son of a gun Yeah he big and dumb as a man can come But he's stronger than a country horse And when the bad folks all get together at night You know they all call big Jim boss Just because And they say You don't tug on superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger And you don't mess around with Jim Well outta south Alabama came a country boy He said I'm looking for a man named Jim I'm a pool shooting boy my name Willie mccoy But down home they call me slim Yeah I'm looking for the king of 42 nd street He driving a drop top Cadillac Last week he took all my money And it may sound funny But I've come to get my money back And everybody say jack don't you know And you don't tug on superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger And you don't mess around with Jim Well a hush fell over the pool room Jimmy come bopping in off the street And when the cutting were done The only part that wasn't bloody Was the soles of the big man's feet Yeah he were cut in in bout a hundred places And he were shot in a couple more And you better believe They sung a different kind of story When big Jim hit the floor Now they say You don't tug on superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger And you don't mess around with slim Yeah big Jim got his hat Find out where it's at And it's not hustling people strange to you Even if you do got a two piece custom made pool cue Yeah you don't tug on superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off the old lone ranger And you don't mess around with slim
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