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Jim Croce The 50Th Anniversary Collection

Seems like such a long time ago I was walking on a lonely road Getting tired of dreamin' alone Like all the lonely people I had known Seems like such

Cigarettes, whiskey and wild, wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane Cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy

Well, I know that I shouldn't have done it I know that it just wasn't right 'Cause they got me back up to the Cotton Mouth River And I can't cross late

And you think you've seen trouble Well, you're lookin' at the man, ah ha Oh, the world's own original hard luck story And a hard time losin' man Oh,

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

Don't you know, I had a dream last night That you were here with me? Lyin' by my side, so soft and warm And we talked a while and shared a smile And

I was born to sing a good-time song You know that nothin' used to bring me down 'Til the day I fell in love with you And baby that's the day I found...

Ol' man river, that ol' man river He must know something, but he don't say nothing That ol' man river, he just keep rollin' along He don't plant 'taters

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