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Careful Man

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Jim Croce Canonical path: /jim-croce/careful-man Related lyric paths: 6

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Careful Man

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I don't gamble, I don't fight

I don't be hangin' in the bars at night

Yeah I used to be a fighter but

Now I am a wiser man

I don't drink much, I don't smoke

I don't be hardly mess around with no dope

Yeah I used to be a problem but

Now I am a careful man

Chorus:

But if you used to want to see a commotion

You shoulda seen the man that I used to be

I was trouble in perpetual motion

Trouble with a capital "T"

Stayin' out late, havin' fun

And shot off every single shot in my gun

Yeah I used to be a lover but

Now I'm an older man

Chorus

But if you used to want to see a commotion

You shoulda seen the man that I used to be

I was trouble in perpetual motion

Trouble with a capital "T"

Stayin' out late, havin' fun

And shot off every single shot in my gun

Yeah I used to be a terror but

Now I am a tired man

Yeah I used to be a terror but

Now I am a tired man

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