[Intro]
              

[Verse 1]
             
Wanted to take

       
 my old lady o

ut
             
For a night on

      
 the town
             
Told her to ge

              
t on her best 

       
lookin Sunday 

dress
             
And get ready 

        
to get down
             
She got excite

              
d and kissed m

  
e on the cheek
             
I got excited 

          
cause I wanted

 to believe

Things might b

e different

The start of s

omething new
             
Maybe we won’t

              
 get in to wha

     
t we always do
             
But the whiske

              
y started flow

           
ing and the co

caine too
             
Now here we ar

             
e again all bl

         
ack and blue

[Chorus]

Fussin’ and a 

fightin’

Singing Jim Cr

oce
             
Drinkin too mu

     
ch cheap well 

whiskey

Shane’s in the

 back room

Lining up the 

cocaine
         
All night long

[Verse 2]
             
Well I kept on

           
 ordering well

s
             
My old lady mo

              
ved on to Jack

 
 D. & Ginger A

le
             
Man I never sa

              
w it coming bu

              
t here fist su

   
re did move qu

ick
            
When I got hit

       
 with it

[Chorus]

Fussin’ and a 

fightin’

Singing Jim Cr

oce
             
Drinkin too mu

     
ch cheap well 

whiskey

Shane’s in the

 back room

Lining up the 

cocaine
         
All night long

[Break]
                    

[Verse 3]
             
Well this went

           
 on for hours 

& hours
             
Til we decided

    
 to go
             
Once we got ho

              
me we put on t

   
he old vinyl
             
Jim Croce was 

             
calling out yo

   
u know
             
We were so mad

              
 I thought we’

   
d never make u

p
             
But old Jim he

              
 was singing j

       
ust for us
             
Got back to th

              
e bedroom man 

     
and things got

 wild
             
Just your aver

             
age Sunday nig

    
ht out

[Chorus]

Fussin’ and a 

fightin’

Singing Jim Cr

oce
             
Drinkin too mu

     
ch cheap well 

whiskey

Shane’s in the

 back room

Lining up the 

cocaine
         
All night long

[Break]
                    

[Chorus]

Fussin’ and a 

fightin’

Singing Jim Cr

oce
             
Drinkin too mu

     
ch cheap well 

whiskey

Shane’s in the

 back room

Lining up the 

cocaine
         
All night long

[Chorus]

Fussin’ and a 

fightin’

Singing Jim Cr

oce
             
Drinkin too mu

     
ch cheap well 

whiskey

Shane’s in the

 back room

Lining up the 

cocaine
         
All night long