Big Bad John

(Big John Big John)
Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
He stood six foot six and weighed 2-45
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And 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
Just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much he 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 Louisiana 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 breath 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 and 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 strenght he have 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 the smoke and gas belched out of the mine
Everybody knew it way 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 marbled stand in front of it
These few words're written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big big man
Big John (Big John Big John)
Big Bad John (Big John Big John)
Big Bad John