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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jim Croce
Jim Croce
Performer
Ellie Greenwich
Ellie Greenwich
Background Vocals
Gary Chester
Gary Chester
Drums
Tasha Thomas
Tasha Thomas
Background Vocals
Tommy West
Tommy West
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jim Croce
Jim Croce
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Gonna tell you a story that you won't believe
But I fell in love last Friday evening
With the girl I saw on a bar room TV screen
Well I was just gettin' ready to get my hat
When she caught my eye, and I put it back
And I ordered myself couple of more shots and beers
[Verse 2]
The night that I fell in love with a roller derby queen
Around and round, around and round
The meanest hunk of woman that anybody ever seen
Down in the arena
[Verse 3]
She was 5'6, 215
A beach blonde mama with a streak of mean
She knew how to knuckle and she knew how to scuffle and fight
And the roller derby program said
That she was built like a frigerator with a head
Her fans called her Tuffy, but all her buddies called her Spike
[Verse 4]
You know that I fell in love with a roller derby queen
Around and round, around and round
The meanest hunk of woman that anybody ever seen
Down in the arena
[Verse 5]
Well I could not help it, but to fall in love
With this heavy duty woman I've been speakin' of
Things were kinda bad until the day she skated into my life
Well she might be nasty, she might be fat
But I never met a person who would tell her that
She's my bleach blonde bomber
My heavy handed Hackensack sack mama
[Verse 6]
You know that I fell in love with a roller derby queen
Around and round, around and round
The meanest hunk of woman that anybody ever seen
Down in the arena
Written by: James Joseph Croce
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