Careful Man

(album: Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce - 1980)

I don't gamble I don't fight
I don't be hanging around in them bars at night
Yes I used to be a fighter but now I'm a wiser man

I don't drink much I don't smoke
I don't be hardly messing around with no dope
Yeah I used to be a problem but now I am a careful man

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

Staying out late having fun
And shot off every single shot in my gun
Yes I used to be a lover but now I am an older man

But if you used to want to see a commotion...

Staying out late having fun
And shot off every single shot in my gun
Yes I used to be a terror but now I am a tired man
hmm hmm hmm