Big John Lyrics

Big John lyrics

Big John
Big John
Every morning 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
Everybody knew you 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
If ya spoke at all, ya
just said hi to Big John

Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where
he got in a fight o'er a cajun queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right
hand
Sent a Lousianna fella 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 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 the
saggin' timber and gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree, 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
As smoke and gas belched outta the 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 re-opened that worthless pit
They
just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on
that stand,

At the bottom of this mine lies one Hell of a man, Big
John

Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John