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For Jim Croce, the touring life meant mostly one small collage campus after another. When he was killed at age 30 on September 20, 1973 in Natchitoches, LA., he was doing what he had done many times before - - taking off at night in a light plane from a small airstrip.The plane snagged in a treetop at the end of the dim runway outside Natchitoches La., and sent 30 year old Jim and five others to their deaths. Maury Muehleisen, Jim's lead guitarist and constant companion, also died in the crash. In a burst of discovery, the U.S. record-buying public was making it up to Croce. You Don't Mess Around With Jim , his first solo LP, had tripled it's sales and has jumped past the 1 million mark. And was No. 1 on Billboard's chart of bestselling LP's. Croce also occupied More... (Submit New Jim Croce Lyrics) (Submit New Jim Croce Lyrics) truth | Reviewer: matt ------ About the song Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) performed by Jim Croce The saddest thing is this is a true story. He came back from the army and his woman left him for his best friend. The man was only 30 when he died, and yet his life was still full of the pain that an 80 year old man feels through his years. Fucked up...... Amazing | Reviewer: William Cayemberg ------ About the song Lover's Cross performed by Jim Croce Truly an amazing song. Pure poetry and such a sad haunting melody. Jim is truly missed. Such a shame more folks don't give him a listen. ANOTHER VERSION | Reviewer: ALICE TILSON ------ About the song Greenback Dollar performed by Jim Croce I READ THE LYRICS TO YOUR VERSION OF GREENBACK DOLLAR-- THERE MUST BE ANOTHER SONG--- THAT I LEARNED AS A CHILD-- IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE-- I DON'T WANT YOUR GREENBACK DOLLARS-- I DON'T WANT YOUR WATCH AND CHAIN- ALL I WANT IS YOU MY DARLING-- WON'T YOU TAKE ME BACK AGAIN=== MANY MIGHTS DID I WANDER- DOWN BESIDE THE DEEP BLUE SEA-- IN YOUR HEART YOU LOVE ANOTHER-- IN MY GRAVE I'D RATHER BE--- AND I CAN NOT REMEMBER THE OTHER VERSES-- BUT I DO KNOW THE TUNE--- THANKS-- DO YOU KNOW THIS VERSION OR WHERE I CAN GET IT?? lovers cross | Reviewer: Tom F. ------ About the song Lover's Cross performed by Jim Croce Lover's Cross is a timeless entry into the world of good loving gone bad genre of what might have been. Jim Croce had a tremendous skill in starting and ending truley emotional songs. His insight, spirit and verbage are sorely today. You could review the artist/band Jim Croce in Biography page You could review Jim Croce album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Jim Croce song by clicking the song which you like | | ||||||||||
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