Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim Lyrics






Uptown got its hustlers
The Bowery got its bums
42nd Street got Big Jim Walker
He's 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 that old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim

Well outta south Alabama come a country boy
He say I'm lookin' for a man named Jim
I am a pool-shootin' boy
My name's Willie McCoy
But down home they call me Slim
Yeah I'm lookin' for the king of 42nd 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 don't you know

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

Well a hush fell over the pool room
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, ooh
And he was cut in about a hundred places
And he was shot in a couple more
And you better believe
They sung another kind of story
When big Jim hit the floor

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 that old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Slim

Yeah, big Jim got his hat
Find out where it's at
And it's not hustlin' people strange to you
Even if you do got a two-piece custom-made pool cue

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





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    i remember when the comments werent all jim hopper, love the guy but ,this is a lot

  2. j.... c....

    This song is a little more detailed than I appreciate probably., however to me it is all about the old phrase there are some things you just don't do.

    j.... c....

    In light of this, Biden 2020

  3. M.... W....

    update: Hopp is bacc!!!!

  4. I.... O....

    *You don't mess around with Jim...*

  5. F.... F....

    Anyone here from the season 4 reveal?

  6. l.... g....

    AND HE IS ALIVE

  7. T.... B....

    Hopper ♥️

  8. R.... S....

    RIP Jim Hopper
    ? - ?

  9. N.... ....

    Yes, im here after watching the Season 4 teaser...dont mess around with Jim 😎.

  10. k.... k....

    GUYS YOU WILL NOT FUCKING BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED

  11. g.... d....

    Poison brought me here

  12. _.... ....

    GUYS HOPPER IS ALIVE .......
    did ya saw S4 teaser.....just the best valentine's gift.......

  13. C.... T....

    Exactly, don't ya dare call him dead, because this man can survive everything. Like he did.

  14. M.... ....

    Hopper is alive!

  15. Y.... T....

    Stranger Things made this famous

  16. J.... M....

    MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!!

  17. F.... V....

    Make El listen to this at the start of season four, before reuniting with Hopper of course. Because you don't mess around with Jim Hopper.

  18. J.... G....

    I love hopper but I hate suzie 🙄😔🤯

  19. A.... D....

    Rodney Mullen's part from Plan B's "Virtual Reality" video.

  20. N.... R....

    ☝🏻Hopper☝🏻❤️❤️😭😭

  21. M.... A....

    Here comes king Jim dice

  22. o.... ....

    He passed on way too soon. I was a Jr. High kid when I first heard this on Am radio.

  23. T.... W....

    hoppers song lmao

  24. b.... i....

    Watching this because of JIM HOPPER

  25. N.... ....

    For the past few years we’ve been saying harambe lives, but it’s time for him to step aside because...





    HOPPER LIVESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

  26. E.... P....

    My Daddy's is jim

  27. u.... u....

    Tellement magnifique, indémodable !!

  28. J.... A....

    Happy Hopper

  29. m.... s....

    Hopper is not dead

  30. M.... d....

    Hopper stranger things ❤

  31. S.... ....

    Hopper🖤

  32. j.... m....

    100% Jim Croce and this fantastic song

  33. k.... k....

    Children, children CHILDREEEEEN!
    please gather around, get a cherry slurpee and pray for the chief of police to come back.

  34. J.... D....

    I wonder why this is JIM hoppers favourite

  35. S.... P....

    Pretty C:♡

  36. C.... B....

    Around these parts they call me fatboy slim. One thing I've learned is don't mess with big Jim.

  37. T.... N....

    Hopper ❤️🇧🇷

  38. D.... Y....

    I knew alot of people are talking about jim hopper

  39. i.... k....

    Strenger thing jin hopper <3

  40. k.... k....

    You don't mess with the Hopper.





    Seriously don't, he's the chief of police, he can cover up your death

  41. T.... 0....

    Why people talking a bout season 3 why not season 2 when jim moves in the cabin

    T.... 0....

    This was used in season 3 in such a comedic way that makes it more remembered.

  42. _.... _....

    Anybody here from Rodney mullen virtual reality

    _.... _....

    Me too man!!! I thought I was the only one!!

  43. l.... K....

    One like for hopper

  44. V.... S....

    I am just throroughly sorrow this Croche was dead so early

  45. G.... E....

    stranger things 3

  46. #.... g....

    Hopper singing

  47. j.... j....

    When your father broke you and your bf/gf up and his name just so happens to be Jim

    j.... j....

    and your name starts with an M and ends with ike

  48. B.... K....

    Perfection

  49. A.... M....

    U don't mess with Jim (Milton)

  50. J.... G....

    I miss Jim

  51. D.... M....

    You don't mess around with Jim(HOPPER)...Hmmmmmmmm

  52. B.... G....

    This is music.

  53. V.... I....

    Pada bip bip boo bi da

  54. G.... ....

    You don't mess around with Jim (Hopper 😥)

  55. A.... D....

    All I see now is Hopper clicking at the start of the song and singing in the car 😂

  56. J.... C....

    When I listen to this song all I can think of is stranger things and Hopper

  57. A.... F....

    essa música é muito boa🎶🎶😎👏👏

  58. Z.... S....

    Hopper is alive

  59. j.... m....

    Tou don't mess around with jim HOPER

  60. j.... m....

    Hey amo essa música só quem olhou stranger things sabe #stjimeleven

  61. M.... D....

    90% ppl r here cuz of stranger things

    10% here cuz they actually know the song

  62. H.... s....

    Hooper <3

  63. K.... C....

    Hoper: HEY SMIRNOFF! GET BACK HERE!
    Alexei: 7-11 Radar ON
    Cherry Slurpy Radar ON

    K.... C....

    Grigori: *terminator vision*
    Alexei: *terminator vision but it only targets 7/11 and cherry slurpee*

  64. K.... b....

    Rodney Mullen. Plan B. That is all.

  65. K.... ....

    DONT MESS AROUND WITH JIM
    (see mike) xd

  66. A.... E....

    Rodney Mullen’s 1993 video and Jimmy Hopper brought me here

  67. p.... D....

    🙄🙄🙄

  68. K.... ....

    1:15 hopper

  69. T.... R....

    Jim hopper 😢

  70. F.... ....

    rip Hop 😭

    F.... ....

    FilevenForever He’s alive

  71. R.... D....

    Hopper don't died.

  72. M.... C....

    Hopper☠️☠️

  73. A.... Z....

    *Russians mess around with Jim*

  74. A.... H....

    Stranger things ruined this song for me

  75. G.... M....

    To all of you boomers and millenials who are here: im not going to tell yall that you "ruined" the comment section, but, due to the fact that you do this stuff also, respect jojo fans in the comment sections of certain songs please

  76. C.... G....

    Stranger things 3 Hopper singin?

  77. S.... #....

    Now this, this is music.

  78. C.... B....

    His son AJ Croce is pretty good too ...

  79. C.... B....

    His son AJ Croce is pretty good too ...

  80. F.... ....

    "Alright, this is music."

  81. M.... B....

    Vim pela série stranger things

  82. J.... M....

    Season 3 sucks.

  83. T.... F....

    Don't mess around with jim hopper

  84. M.... ....

    You don’t mess with Jim hopper

  85. L.... A....

    someone 2019?

  86. V.... ....

    And thats me and thats me *AND THATS ME*

  87. T.... J....

    RIP Hopper

  88. E.... N....

    Season 4's happening.
    Lets hope Hopper's alive.

  89. �.... L....

    Yes . That was the best
    I like this song a lot

  90. C.... G....

    Hopper sinsing in season 3

  91. V.... A....

    Stranger things

  92. B.... ....

    #OldSchool

  93. S.... S....

    Damn, Stranger Things was way too good man. I'm sad it's gone now. I mean waiting 2years for another season!? That's way too crazy God knows if I'ma remember in 2021