Jim Croce
Jim Croce
James Joseph "Jim" Crocewas an American folk and popular rock singer of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and 11 singles. His singles "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" both reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth10 January 1943
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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There's something about approaching universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere, and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.
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I never really thought of my neighborhood in South Philly as being a neighborhood; it was more a state of mind. For people who aren't familiar with those kinds of places, it's a whole different thing. Like, 42nd Street in New York City is a state of mind.
If you dig it, do it. If you really dig it, do it twice.
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She might be nasty, she might be fat, but I never met a person who would tell her that.
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If I had time in a bottle, if words could make wishes come true, I'd save everyday for eternity passes. And then I would spend them with you.
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He cast his eyes upon her and the trouble soon began, cause Leroy Brown learned a lesson about messing with the wife of a jealous man.
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They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was genius.
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Nobody loves a fat girl, but oh how a fat girl can love.
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Lost my ideals in that tunnel of time.
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Tried to find me an executive position, but no matter how smooth I talked they wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius.
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He's bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest dude in the whole damn town, badder than old King Kong, and meaner than a junk yard dog.
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I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.
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I was searching all the time for something that I'd never lost or left behind.
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Well I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office in a swivel chair, talking trash to the secretary. Saying, hey now mama, come on over here.