Not quite sure how you guys got this is a song rooting for the underdog. It says he is 6'4 in the song, so...not exactly a shortie either.
Leroy Brown was someone Croce knew during the war. In the song, he's a rough bad ass from the wrong side of town, down to get violent when he needs to. Everyone respects him (hence the "treetop lover" and "sir") out of fear. But when he flirts with a married woman, he gets killed by the husband.
It's more of an "even the mighty fall" type of story. Not an underdog story at all, since the husband isn't described besides being jealous.
@BakedGoodies how do you know Leroy dies? I always thought that he just caught a bad beating.He learned a lesson about messin with a jealous mans wife,meaning he lived to be able to have learned.A jigsaw puzzle with a couple pieces lost means the gun in his pocket and the knife in his shoe were missing.
@BakedGoodies how do you know Leroy dies? I always thought that he just caught a bad beating.He learned a lesson about messin with a jealous mans wife,meaning he lived to be able to have learned.A jigsaw puzzle with a couple pieces lost means the gun in his pocket and the knife in his shoe were missing.
I always assumed the jealous man cut him up so bad he was in pieces... like a jigsaw puzzle, and presumably died of his injuries. That having been said, the last chorus is still in the present tense. In "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," the last chorus changes to reflect Jim's death at the hands of Slim.
I always assumed the jealous man cut him up so bad he was in pieces... like a jigsaw puzzle, and presumably died of his injuries. That having been said, the last chorus is still in the present tense. In "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," the last chorus changes to reflect Jim's death at the hands of Slim.
Not quite sure how you guys got this is a song rooting for the underdog. It says he is 6'4 in the song, so...not exactly a shortie either.
Leroy Brown was someone Croce knew during the war. In the song, he's a rough bad ass from the wrong side of town, down to get violent when he needs to. Everyone respects him (hence the "treetop lover" and "sir") out of fear. But when he flirts with a married woman, he gets killed by the husband.
It's more of an "even the mighty fall" type of story. Not an underdog story at all, since the husband isn't described besides being jealous.
@BakedGoodies how do you know Leroy dies? I always thought that he just caught a bad beating.He learned a lesson about messin with a jealous mans wife,meaning he lived to be able to have learned.A jigsaw puzzle with a couple pieces lost means the gun in his pocket and the knife in his shoe were missing.
@BakedGoodies how do you know Leroy dies? I always thought that he just caught a bad beating.He learned a lesson about messin with a jealous mans wife,meaning he lived to be able to have learned.A jigsaw puzzle with a couple pieces lost means the gun in his pocket and the knife in his shoe were missing.
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I always assumed the jealous man cut him up so bad he was in pieces... like a jigsaw puzzle, and presumably died of his injuries. That having been said, the last chorus is still in the present tense. In "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," the last chorus changes to reflect Jim's death at the hands of Slim.
I always assumed the jealous man cut him up so bad he was in pieces... like a jigsaw puzzle, and presumably died of his injuries. That having been said, the last chorus is still in the present tense. In "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," the last chorus changes to reflect Jim's death at the hands of Slim.