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You Don't Mess Around With Jim

In the style of

Jim Croce

Lyrics

uptown got
its hustlers
the bowery
got its bums

forty-second street
got big jimmy walker
he a pool-shootin'
son of a gun

yeah he big and dumb
as a man can come
but he stronger
than a country hoss

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
the old lone ranger
and you don't
mess around with jim

a-dooten doo
dah dah dee
deeten dee
dee dee

well outta
south alabama
come a country boy
he said i'm lookin'
for a man named jim

i am
a pool-shootin' boy
my name is willie mccoy
but down home
they call me slim

yeah i'm lookin'
for the king of
forty-second street
he drivin' a drop-top
cadillac

last week
he took all my money
and it may sound funny
but i come to get
my money back

and everybody
say jack hoo
don't ya know

that 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 jim

a-dooten doo
dah dah dee
deeten dee
dee dee

well a hush fell over
the poolroom
when jimmy
come boppin' in
off the street

and when the cuttin'
was done
the only part
that wasn't bloody
was the soles
of the big man's feet
woo yeah

he were cut
in 'bout
a hundred places
and he were shot
in a couple more

and you better believe
i sung a differrent
kinda story
when-a big jim
hit the floor
oh oh oh oh

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
the old lone ranger
and you don't
mess around with slim

mm hmm hmm
hmm mm mm mm mm
yeah big jim
got his hat

find out where it's at
is not hustlin' people
strange to you
even if you do
got a two-piece
custom-made pool cue
hmm hmm

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

mm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
mm hmm hmm hmm
mm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
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Details

  • Duration : 3:02
  • Key : E
  • Genre : Rock
  • Year released : 1972
  • Language : English

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