Croce, Jim - The Hard Way Every Time Lyrics

Great lyrics beautiful video 💝

aaaahhhh, these pictures, ohhhhhhhhh! So saaaaad!

jim was a great musician and has the best library of songs compared to any contemporary of his time.wow famous but not as famous as he should be.

If God told me, that i could ask for one thing. I would ask him, much more people on this planet like Jim Croce.

He was a great writer 👩☕️

Jim's love songs make me feel like a better man, he's other songs make me feel like a Man ready to fight . That's life . He brings out the Man inside us and the love a Man has inside himself . God bless all of us , and Jim . Rip Jim

I'm a musician and have been singing and playing Jim's music since 73
Jim has helped me throughout my life.
Everytime I would play his music it made people happy.
Jim Croce taught me a lot. And he still teaching me. God bless Jim Croce there will never be another guy on earth like him.
Peace to all!

This song speaks to me. God bless Jim & Maury

They are polar opposites but my two favorite artists are Michael Jackson and Jim Croce. And Croce absolutely takes the cake when it comes to conveying relatable and universally felt emotions.

Jim I been listening since 1988.

Today it's 2019

I'm 36, you passed at 30.
Thanks for showing me to appreciate the days and years of life.

You didn't die IN a plane, cuz your music is TIMELESS

I myself --
"I wouldn't of done it any other way"

Much Appreciated Feller .
All love.

"My way or the highway" my grandpa.

Would also tell me "Matthew take the hard way, one day you'll thank me"

R.I.P. Jim. Con la tua musica sei immortale.

Forever Jim!

Best Italian musician to ever do it RIP Jimmy

I'm sure every show in heaven is a sellout. 45 years have come and gone and you're still one of the best. And this song is your finest.

JC music are inspired from life’s experiences and wisdom.

Love him

I cry every time I hear him...Such a gentle soul and such a loss. I was sitting in class in high school when I heard about it...So sad.

This man only lived to be 30 in the 70's and wrote songs that now in the 2000's still ring true.he had so much wisdom and truth in his words that even todays youngest can relate and understand.I'm in my 40's and haven't the wisdom he did at 30. I am so grateful we still have his music to remember such a great influence! Thanks Jim!!!!!

A great songwriter and performer the likes of which don't come along very often. He got to the
meaning of things very directly
and had a sense of humor as well.

The best EVER!!!! JIM RULES!!!

AMEN ! Jim

Wish I learned this on sum time ago

dude did more livin in 27  years than I have in 70  that includes Vietnam !!

ขอบคุณjim croceที่มีเพลงเพราะๆให้ฟัง

Today is the 45th anniversary of Jim’s death. 😢

How can people dislike this song!!???

thanks for this.. excellent tune. RIP jim what a great artist they don't make them like this anymore. music is not the same. love the video btw great work.

Learned (?) ANY dang thing ?

Jim didn't know it but in this song he wrote the story of my life

Highly underrated artist.

None Better Nuff Said

Jim and Maury were wonderful musicians, It's a shame they were taken so soon

Blessed to have what Jim left behind. Saddened by how much more he had to give. RIP

My theme song...

Best Jim Croce song.

sure did feel his music so onQ

sure did feel his music so onQ

Such a tragic loss of a great talent..............

One to many hard times! Goodbye

World lost a great singer-songwriter when he passed. I passed my love of his music down to the next generation.

This is my life for sure, but it happens............ LOL  I wouldn't of done it any other way........................

Absolutely the preeminent lyricist of his day. I tear up when I recall hearing he'd died. I still remember pulling over to be sure I heard the radio host correctly.

Jim has been with me all of my life .

How I love this song......

There will never be another one like Jim Croce.

I do miss him. Still!

Instant shivers all over whenever I hear Jim's songs. Only few artists can make me feel so many feelings all at once.

The saddest thing is he never knew great success in life. His greatness and his hits happened after he died.

Dam I still love this song!

RIP Jim. You were and are a genius

One of the best of all time

so beutifull.he was so talanted. ..

What makes this song so sad and poignant is I believe Jim wrote this only two months before his tragic death. To Jim was the best.

He had a way of touching your soul. I wasn't even a year old when he passed. Still one of the best.

As the saying goes, too old too soon, too smart too late... I guess that is just part of being human. RIP Jim..........

What!? Did he die at age 30?! What the hang happened?

He died in a plane crash.

Yes, plane crash on the way to do a concert that he had to cancel previously. He was a man of honor, and he was keeping a promise to do the concert (I believe it was for $75.) See the biography here on YouTube where his wife tells the story.

Beautifully done, thank you

yeah I was just rereading have a nice day too!

. . .I was 17 when he went away.....

is anybody else here from mick Foley's autobiography? I really want to know.

Nope, I just love Croce so much that I wanted to look into more of his music :D

Classic song and a wonderful singer. RIP Jim

Beautiful

Love you Josie and its incurable.Wyatt.

Yup that about sums it up,my life in a song .thanks jim

His songs are life to me.

My favorite song of his, a beautiful summation of his life and career.

Jim Croce served a tour in the army viet-nam 67 and 68 died in plane crash 1973.

It so sad and poignant that Jim wrote this biographical song only a couple months before his tragic and untimely death. Wouldn't have done it any other way.

it's almost like...part of him knew his time was coming...

Timeless and heart wrenching

Jim Croce.......timeless and everlasting......there will never be another like him.......

This guy has an uncanny way of explaining life's trials and tribulations. You got to love him.

Top Hat !!

Larry Kreh I also live jim

So, i do love him lots. He saw life as it is.

great song from jim croce and he was a great guitar player too. and i have learned the hard way with most things in my life everytime.

cold truth.. traveled this path far longer than I care to remember.

This song will be the first and last song played at my funeral. What a perfect song about life!!!! Fits mine perfectly. No one could write a song like Jim could. So sad we lost him so soon!

1980classicrocker, pretty much describes my life, especially after losing my husband of 26 years last year to a massive heart attack. I've made some whopper mistakes....... Still trying to discover who I am without my beloved.

Cheryl Schmacher you are a beautiful person inside and out. He wouldn't want you to ever doubt it. After my daughter died and she left. I thought i was gone. It opened another door to what i am now and i thank my daughter every day for who i am.

Jim looks like Super Mario

but Super Mario and Luigi couldn't make such a beautyfull music ever!

More like Borat

Even back when I was a college freshman, I realized that this would be the theme song for my life.  Thanks Jim and Maury!

Una verdadera lastima su temprana desaparición!!!!

God bless you Ingrid.

Thank you so much.

I get goose bumps every time I hear this song. One of his last songs before he was taken from us. In my opinion, the best singer/guitar duo ever. God must have wanted Jim & Maury for the angels in heaven.

Milton Passon Yeah they were pretty good. Not just anybody can guitar play their stuff. It's pretty tricky.

This is Jim's finest song, in my opinion. Thank you for uploading

Learned it all the hard way.

good one

Stoic doesn't mean void of emotion, it means having great emotion and not showing it, yet still feeling it deeply. Maybe it wasn't the best word choice, but I find that stoic thoughts and feelings are often the most profound.

They're actually very melancholy--there's emotion involved--stoic means void of emotion-and that's definitely not the case...

wish I could ask everyone I know to listen and HEAR this song....

If one were to truly reflect on their own life, I believe one would find this song would cause one to pause and reflect on what is really being said. I was a much younger man when Croce was alive and 40 years after is passing, I continue to find meaning as it relates to my life. As the man sang "I have run into a couple of walls", I continue to find those walls. But then as the man sang "Wouldn'ta done any other way". I for one would not change what I have done in my life. Thanks Jim Croce.

I think that they're stoic in that they are often conceived in moments of quiet thought and observation.

Do you know the definition of stoic--how do you say that this songs lyrics are stoic?

Story of my life. LOVE Jim Croce, thank you for posting and it is a great video with pictures of Jim and his wife Ingrid. Thank you very much.

This man was remarkable...Don't you know he has a lot of fans in Heaven

I truly adore reflective and stoic lyrics like this. But they've got to be delivered with soul. And Jim seemed to have enough of that.