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(Big John Big John) |
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Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive |
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He stood six foot six and weighed 2-45 |
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Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip |
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And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to |
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Big John (Big John Big John) |
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Big Bad John (Big John) |
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Nobody seemed to know where |
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John called home |
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Just drifted into town and stayed all alone |
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He didn't say much he kinda quiet and shy |
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And if you spoke at all you just said hi to |
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Big John Somebody said he came from |
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New Orleans |
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Where he got in a fight over a |
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Cajun Queen |
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And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand |
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Sent a Louisiana fellow to the |
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Promised Land |
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Big John (Big John Big John) |
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Big Bad John (Big John) |
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Then came the day at the bottom of the mine |
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When a timber cracked and men started cryin' |
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Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast |
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And everybody thought that they'd breath their last cept |
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John Through the dust and the smoke of this man made hell |
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Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well |
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Grabbed a saggin' timber and gave out with a groan |
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And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone |
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Big John (Big John Big John) |
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Big Bad John (Big John) |
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And with all of his strenght he have a mighty shove |
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Then a miner yelled out there's a light up above |
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And twenty men |
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Scrambled from a would be grave |
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Now there's only one left down there to save |
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Big John With jacks and timbers they started back down |
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Then came that rumble way down in the ground |
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And the smoke and gas belched out of the mine |
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Everybody knew it way the end of the line for |
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Big John (Big John Big John) |
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Big Bad John (Big John) |
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Now they never reopened that worthless pit |
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They just placed a marbled stand in front of it |
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These few words're written on that stand |
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At the bottom of this mine lies a big big man |
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Big John (Big John Big John) |
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Big Bad John (Big John Big John) |
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Big Bad John |
