You Don’t Mess Around with Jim

Lyrics

[Intro] Hey! Come on, now, everyone sit down, shut up a bit Give me a chance to talk, it's my turn [Verse 1] Well, uptown got its hustlers and the bowery got its bums 42nd Street got big Jim Walker, he's a pool-shootin' son of a gun Yeah, he big and dumb as a man can come He stronger than a country horse And when the bad folks all get together at night Well, they all call big Jim "Boss", just because [Chorus] And they say, "You don't tug on superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger And you don't mess around with Jim" Oh, no [Verse 2] From South Alabama come a country boy He said, "I'm lookin' for a man named Jim Now, I'm a pool-shootin' boy, my name's Willie McCoy Down at homе, folks call me Slim I'm lookin' for the man of 42nd Street He drivin' somе drop top Cadillac And I know it sound funny, but he took all my money Now I come to get my money back" Everybody say, "Jack" (Jack) [Chorus] And they say, "You don't tug on Superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger And you don't mess around with Jim" [Verse 3] A hush fell over the pool room As Jimmy walked off the street And when the cuttin' were done The only part that wasn't bloody was the soles of the big man's feet He was cut in a million places and was shot in a couple more And you better believe they told a different kind of story When big Jim hit the floor "See ya, Jim boy!" [Chorus] And they say, "You don't tug on Superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger And you don't mess around with Slim" [Interlude] Now, if I had been Jim I would've taken the all the money, grab the best looking girl I seen Jumped in my car and got the hell out of town You'd see me no more [Chorus] You don't tug on Superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger And you don't mess around with Slim [Outro] Oh, don't be messin' now You don't tug on Superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger And you don't mess around with Slim