Тексты песен «Jim Croce»

He struggled so hard to be king Working night and day Dreaming of only one thing Never a holiday Somewhere along the way He forgot she was only a girl Now his kingdom has fallen And it's really quite a tragic tale...

Guess that it was bound to happen Was just a matter of time But now I've come to my decision And it's one of the painful kind 'Cause now it seems that you wanted a martyr Just a regular guy wouldn't do But baby I can't...

Written by - Jim Croce Smoke another cigarette, have another drink or two Sit by the telephone 'til morning She never tells me where she's goin' But I think it's mighty plain Maybe tomorrow She'll be back home again...

With just a sleeping bag And an old guitar I left the band in New Orleans I did some time with the bottle Some with the river queens I never thought I would meet a girl Who could turn my head around 'Til I met that...

Hey love, don't be afraid To stay until tomorrow Lover's dawn is waiting Just this side of day If you thought I loved you yesterday I'll love you more than that tomorrow Hey love, don't be afraid To hear the songs of...

Well things were spinnin' round me And all my thoughts were cloudy And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me Been in so many places You know I've run so many races And looked into the empty faces of the...

Well things were spinnin' round me And all my thoughts were cloudy And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me Been in so many places You know I've run so many races And looked into the empty faces of the...

If you get to feelin' all alone When your good time friends have all got up and gone Don't come knockin' around my door Because I've heard your lines before Chorus: And there ain't gonna be a next time this time 'Cause...

Nobody loves a fat girl But, oh, how a fat girl can love Nobody seems to want me I'm just a truck upon the highway of love I'm all alone inside of my form When ev'ry ounce of me is dyin' to keep somebody warm Nobody...

Ol' man river, that ol' man river He must know something but he don't say nothing That ol' man river, he just keeps rollin' along He don't plant 'taters, he don't plant cotton 'Cause them that plants them is soon...

Ol' man river. That ol' man river. He don't say nothin' But he must know somethin' Cause he just keeps rollin' He keeps rollin' along. Rollin' along. He don't plant tators He don't plant cotton. Them that plants 'em is...

We been runnin' away from Somethin' we both know We've long run out of things to say And I think I better go So don't be gettin' excited Oh, when you hear that slammin' door 'Cause there'll be one less set of footsteps...

Operator Oh, could you help me place this call? You see the number on the matchbook Is old and faded She's livin' in L.A. With my best old ex-friend Ray A guy she said she knew well And sometimes hated Isn't that the...

Operator, well, could you help me place this call? See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded She's living in L. A. with my best old ex-friend Ray Guy, she said she knew well and sometimes hated Isn't that the...

Photographs and memories Christmas cards you sent to me All that I have are these To remember you Memories that come at night Take me to another time Back to a happier day When I called you mine But we sure had a good...

Written by - Jim Croce & Ingrid Croce When I was a boy in the days of the train I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day And I'd wave at the brakesman And he'd wave back at me While the thunderclouds rolled Out of...

The railroads, and the riverboats, that bred the mighty man That we read about, and we dream about The men who built this land And the farmers and the lumbermen and the men who worked the mills And the poor hard working...

"Rapid Roy(The Stock Car Boy)" (Refrain) Oh Rapid Roy, that stock car boy He too much too believe! You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve. He got a tattoo on his arm that say...

Oh Rapid Roy that stock car boy He too much too believe You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes Rolled up in his T-shirt sleeve He got a tattoo on his arm that say "Baby" He got another one that just say...

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 memory get to me Used to be that I could pretend That I wasn't really hurt back then But then,...