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A Long Time Ago Lyrics by Jim Croce

You Don’t Mess Around with Jim

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[Verse 1]
Seems like such a long time ago
I was walking on a lonely road
Getting tired of dreaming alone
Like all the lonely people I had known
[Verse 2]
Seems like such a long time ago
There was no one who would share my song
I was just a boy far from home
But I became a man when you came along
[Post-Verse]
We spent the whole night talking
You said you'd like to see the sun rise
But in the gold of morning
Was nothing that I had not seen in your eyes
Hmm-hmm
[Bridge]
I was so afraid to touch you
Thought you were too young, you know
So I just watched you sleeping
Then you woke and said to me
The night is cold, it frightens me
I could sleep so easy next to you
[Verse 3]
Wasn't very long ago
You said that you would like to share my road
Then you started singing my song
[Bridge]
Spent so many nights a-waiting
Lets not spend our moments wasting time
Because we have very far to go
I will go if you will take me
I have never had a lover
I am young, but I am so alone
[Outro]
We spent the whole night talking
But in the gold of morning
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Jim Croce

Jim Croce

About “A Long Time Ago” by Jim Croce

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"A Long Time Ago" is credited to Jim Croce. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"A Long Time Ago" appears on "You Don’t Mess Around with Jim".

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