November 24th, 2025 at 4:59:52 AM
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sadly, Jim Croce died at age 30 in a plane crash
many of his songs tell a story - this one is my fave of his -
"you don't mess around with Jim" - some of the lyrics:
"Uptown got it's hustlers
The bowery got it's bums
42nd street got big Jim Walker
He's a pool shootin' son of a gun
Yeah, he's big and 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 that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMjzKKcz_ew&list=RDFMjzKKcz_ew&start_radio=1
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sadly, Jim Croce died at age 30 in a plane crash
many of his songs tell a story - this one is my fave of his -
"you don't mess around with Jim" - some of the lyrics:
"Uptown got it's hustlers
The bowery got it's bums
42nd street got big Jim Walker
He's a pool shootin' son of a gun
Yeah, he's big and 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 that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMjzKKcz_ew&list=RDFMjzKKcz_ew&start_radio=1
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the foolish sayings of a rich man often pass for words of wisdom by the fools around him

