Croce, Jim - Recently Lyrics






Used to be that I could see
A reason to be happy
'Cause I was free
But then, recently it seems
I've been lettin' your mem'ry get to me

Used to be that I could pretend
That I wasn't really hurt back then
But then, recently it seems
I've been lettin' your mem'ry get to me
'Cause

Mem'ries can be friends
Mem'ries can be friends

Or they can take you to a place
That you never thought you'd be again
And take you to a place
That you never ever thought
That you would see again

Doesn't matter now who was wrong
The future is tomorrow
'Cause the past is gone
And I'm findin' that I'm not as strong
As I thought that I used to be
'Cause, recently it seems
I've been lettin' your mem'ry get to me





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  1. L.... L....

    He was God sent, and returned home much to early! He sang my life stories!

  2. m.... L....

    Had this on 8-track...

  3. R.... N....

    Love him always will.
    His honest lyrics still touch my heart and take me to a simple
    time with friends no longer here.
    I laugh ,smile and cry
    and its ok .

  4. A.... R....

    Great Jim Croce!!! Some of us will never forget.

  5. J.... V....

    2017...still listening.... love this song..

  6. L.... L....

    None like him, he touched many of our past feelings. Gone way to soon!

  7. J.... L....

    Pretty underrated one, thanks for sharing!

  8. M.... G....

    Thanks for sharing that Stephen. I feel the same way too. 30 years I have been sad because of the terrible tragedy of what happened to Jim and Maury. That sadness will never leave me, unfortunately.

  9. v.... ....

    Thanks for sharing this. I never heard this one. Never get tired of hearing Jim n Maury.

  10. s.... g....

    I love Jim, but sometimes I can't listen.  My Uncle who worshiped him died young and was a great songwriter as well and played so many of Jim's songs to me when I was a kid and sometimes it is just too hard.  My dad died young also and loved listening to Jim. Sometimes it brings me back to that time, and other times, it just makes me miss them too much.

    s.... g....

    @Mort Thomson Jr. Wow Matt, that seems like a supernatural coincidence. What I found unreal was how his wife woke up in the middle of the night after having a dream where she was trying to reach Jim and she couldn't, then the phone rang and it was her Mom telling her about the plane crash. That gave me the chills.

    s.... g....

    Thanks for sharing Stephen. Be well friend!

    s.... g....

    @James Miles Thanks man!

    s.... g....

    stephen geraci I listen to Croce a lot first time I heard that song I like it. I can see why you posted it very similar to your past experiences one of the best things about Croce he sang about how we all feel sometime and make it better every time.

    s.... g....

    Lu Mr crochey.!probly misspelled his name sorry !I rember when I was about 7 or 8 buying his 45 record bad bad leeroy brown .at 52 I'm sprised 2 that I know all most of his lyrics! Lol takes me back 2 child hood!

  11. x.... ....

    This one is so good

  12. a.... p....

    nice to see good respectful comments 👌

  13. J.... W....

    killer jim croce song love it a sad song too.

  14. W.... ....

    I'm 15 and Jim Croce is my favorite artist.

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    +stephen geraci thanks man :D

    W.... ....

    yeah dude same here <3

    W.... ....

    Now you're 18

    W.... ....

    Well, now we're the same age and like the same singer. But the difference is I went to the same high school as him.

    W.... ....

    We're both 18 I mean

  15. l.... c....

    thanks for your kindness.we love Jim too.

  16. D.... S....

    There is a lot more music from him now because we love him...."Jim Croce" Recently.

  17. J.... S....

    I loved Jim Croce`s music. He was so talented. It's a shame that he had to die before he really hit it big. He would had went far.

  18. T.... M....

    Good music doesn't age.  People still love Mozart, and he was nearly 300 years ago.  If "young" people want to enjoy the music I enjoyed as a boy, let them!

  19. D.... N....

    Perhaps people thought I was insulting Bieber, Miley Cyrus, etc., but I was not. I was not making an old person's rant against the newer music, just saying that younger people, who frequent youtube, go to videos by Bieber, Cyrus, etc. rather than Croce and other singers from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.

  20. D.... N....

    I'm not sure why my comment received "too many negative votes". Usually, when you receive negative votes, it's because you are insulting the singer, saying something racist, saying something insulting, using a lot of profanity, etc. I was doing none of that. Perhaps people did not like me saying that youtube tends to be a young person's medium. Maybe someone could explain why they gave my comment a negative vote.

  21. B.... N....

    Why the negative votes? nothing controversial here

  22. K.... H....

    memories can be friends~~ love Mr Croce

  23. B.... W....

    Fuckwits

  24. m.... b....

    i agreee music was good back then

  25. K.... H....

    Comfort music for the past 40 plus years

  26. j.... ....

    Nice! Thanks for this.
    He made 3 albums; imagine if he only had made 1 or 2.
    We should count ourselves lucky.

  27. A.... ....

    I love Jim Croce

  28. e.... ....

    I never met Mr. Croce, but I have met Mrs. Croce and the stories she told me of Jim give me the impression of a wonderful man, loving husband, and dotting father. It almost seems unfair how great people like Jim Croce are taken from us so prematurely. Then we have to remember that he left a legacy in both song and life that ensures he will live on; in our hearts and in our memories. But it sure would be nice to have heard the rest of his songs.

  29. S.... H....

    how long will people continue to post their age thinking it makes them cooler that they listen to old music? seriously.

    S.... H....

    Stephen Hardy it makes a difference because it shows generations are passing this great art onto others. Doesn’t have anything to do with being ‘’cool’’ give me a break dickhead

  30. D.... A....

    This is one of his one t of his songs that kind of got missed by the "Greatest Hits" compilers but I think it is a top contender

  31. M.... F....

    I wish more younger people felt like you do....todays music isnt really music.....its mainly garbage! I was your age and younger when alot of these great songs were first heard. They will stand the test of time, as long as people like you take the time to notice! God Bless you for your comments!!

  32. m.... B....

    RIP jim croce...missed ur songss

  33. b.... ....

    this has always been one of my favorite Croce tunes. sweet and understated. thanks for posting.

  34. L.... G....

    Like so many great artists just beginning to bloom -- Croce died way to early. Just think what would we listen to...

  35. M.... ....

    @ChicagoSouthDan lol my bad man not my account but you get my drift

  36. a.... ....

    Hrtmike...thanks so much for your contributions

    Al

  37. D.... N....

    @MrJamsha14 Your youtube page lists your age as 46 rather than 22, so you need to correct that. However, it's nice that you like classic rock.

  38. M.... ....

    @ChicagoSouthDan im 22 and i hate todays music... i love classic rock (60s 70s 80s ) so do all most of my friends.... its not that young people tend to gravitate toward that new crappy music, its just that they have never been exposed to the older great great music that was played 30 to 40 years ago... ill tell from experience though, once you are exposed to classic rock you never go back...

  39. s.... ....

    Its crazy that these rockstars didnt O.D. or commit some crazy stuff that led to their demise, but a cause of a plane crash. Jim Croce, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Randy Rhoads, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, RIP.

  40. D.... N....

    @NiccoloRamacciotti Youtube tends to be a young person's medium. Although there are younger people, like yourself, who like Jim Croce, most of his fans seem to be people who were around when he was. I'm 59. The younger people who frequent youtube tend to gravitate to Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, etc. If Bieber, Cyrus, and others come up in conversation, I would not trash them. Just mention that Jim Croce is good as well, and the other person might want to give him a try.

  41. b.... ....

    Yes, all great songs. I see his widow, once in a while here in the San Diego area.

  42. K.... C....

    thank you for posting this! :)

  43. g.... ....

    after all these years when i hear this song it still brings tears to my eyes as it reminds me of only one person.. my best friend who was killed in a motorcycle accident when we we were 17

  44. h.... ....

    Thank you so much for all of these Croce songs. I grew up listening to them, and have always loved them. They are completely timeless. There's never been and never will be any one close to Jim Croce.