Big Bad John Lyrics

Big Bad John lyrics

(Big John, Big John)
Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
He
stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and
narrow at the hip
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big
John.
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

Nobody seemed to
know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all
alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all,
you just said "Hi" to Big John.

Somebody said he came from New
Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashin' blow
from a huge right hand
Sent a Loosiana fellow to the Promised Land-Big
John
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

Then came the day
at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started
cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought
that they'd breathed their last-'cept John

Through the dust and the
smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew
well
Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak
tree he just stood there alone-Big John
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John
(Big John)

And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
Then a
miner yelled out "There's a light up above!"
And twenty men scrambled from a
would-be grave
Now there's only one left down there to save-Big
John

With jacks and timbers they started back down
Then came that
rumble way down in the ground
And then smoke and gas belched out of that
mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
(Big John,
Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

Now they never reopened that worthless
pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are
written on that stand
At the bottem of this mine lies one hell of a man big
john
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

FADE (Big John, Big
John) Big Bad John (Big John)