You Don`t Mess Around With Jim — текст песни (Ty Herndon)

(Jim Croce)

Uptown Got Its Hustlers, the Bow`ry Got Its Bums
Forty Second Street Got Big Jim Walker
He`s A Pool Shootin` Son Of A Gun
Yeah He`s Big & Dumb As A Man Can Come
But He`s 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

Well Out Of South Alabama Came A Country Boy
He Said I`m Looking For A Man Named Jim
I`m A Pool Shhotin` 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`s Drivin` A Drop Top Cadillac
Last Week He Took All My Money & It May Sound Funny
But I`ve Come To Get My Money Back
And Everybody Say Jack

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

Well A Hush Fell Over The Room
Jimmy Came 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
Yeah, He Were Cut In `Bout A Hundred Places
And He Were Shot In A Couple More
And You Better Believe They Sung A Diff`rent Kind Of Story
When Big Jim Hit The Floor. Oh 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 The Old Lone Ranger
And You Don`t Mess Around With Jim

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

Yeah, Big Jim Got His Hat, Find Out Where It`s At
And Not Hustling People Strange To You
Even If You Do Got A Two-Piece Custom Made Pool Cue