6762. Jim Croce - Hey Tomorrow

- Saturday, March 21, 2026

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From: You Don't Mess Around With Jim; Year: 1972; Genre: Folk Rock

I remember buying an old stereo 8-track tape of this album at either a yard sale or thrift store back when I was a young teenager for five cents; the tape was already quite old and a dead format even back then. Not having a lot of money to spend then, I would normally get my music cheap and then record it onto a cassette tape or just play it. One thing about Jim Croce's albums, for me at least, I never skipped a song; I'd let it play. Each and every song was special and so uplifting. The only problem with 8-tracks was the fact that you couldn't rewind them, so, if you wanted to hear a song again you had to let it come back around on the continuous loop of tape. As long as you kept your player and cartridge in good working order it'd just keep playing, that is, until that little metal switching splice fell off and it started to eat your tape. then you'd have to re-spool and use the good ol' splicing tape to make it work again. However, then you would have to physically switch the track each time it came around.

Anyway, Hey Tomorrow is one that I fell in love with and still adore it to this day; I don't know if there is a "perfect" song, but this one comes as close as any in my personal opinion. His words are just so relatable and honest and the music brings the emotions out almost flawlessly.

Hear Hey Tomorrow on YouTube.

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