jim croce sang the original recording of "you don't mess around with jim".
jim croce sang the original recording of "you don't mess around with jim".
who sings the original recording of "you don't mess around with jim"?
jim croce
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you don't mess around with jim is the third studio album by american singer-songwriter jim croce, released in 1972.









































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the album was recorded over a three to four week period for approximately $18,000, with most funding coming from the polygram group in baarn, the netherlands on the basis of hearing an 8-song demo tape assembled by production team cashman & west. the deal with polygram was made after team attorney phil kurnit approached a contact within the record company who then had polygram executives to listen to the demo tape.
you don't mess around with jim
the lyrics of the title track concern the fate of a 'pool-shooting son-of-a-gun' by the name of 'big' jim walker when his 'mark,' slim, from a south alabama honkytonk shows up to get a refund from being hustled or get revenge. the song is notable for the line "you don't tug on superman's cape/you don't spit into the wind/you don't pull the mask off that ol' lone ranger/and you don't mess around with jim." however, after the song ends with jim being thoroughly thrashed by his victim ("he'd been cut 'n 'bout a hundred places/ and he'd been shot in a couple more"), the chorus now sings about how "you don't mess around with slim."
you don't mess around with jim