[Careful Man (dialogue)] Songtext
von Jim Croce

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.

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.

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 old man.
Yeah I used to be a terror but
Now I am a tired old man.