Big Bad John
Album: Big Bad John / I Won't Go Huntin' With You Jake (but I'll Go Chasin' Wimmin)
Durasi: 2:59
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[00:06.15]Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
[00:08.81]He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
[00:11.61]Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
[00:14.55]And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to big John
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[00:30.83]Nobody seemed to know where John called home
[00:33.80]He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
[00:36.50]He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
[00:39.55]And if you spoke at all, you just said hi to Big John
[00:44.41]Somebody said he came from New Orleans
[00:47.48]Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
[00:50.19]And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
[00:52.98]Sent a Louisiana fellow to the promised land, big John
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[01:09.35]Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
[01:12.10]When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
[01:15.07]Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
[01:17.76]And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last, 'cept John
[01:23.07]Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
[01:25.91]Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
[01:28.69]Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan
[01:31.50]And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone, big John
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[01:48.27]And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
[01:50.97]Then a miner yelled out, there's a light up above
[01:53.51]And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
[01:56.73]Now there's only one left down there to save, big John
[02:02.00]With jacks and timbers they started back down
[02:04.92]Then came that rumble way down in the ground
[02:07.49]And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine
[02:10.31]Everybody knew it was the end of the line for big John
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[02:26.91]Now they never reopened that worthless pit
[02:29.54]They just placed a marble stand in front of it
[02:32.94]These few words are written on that stand
[02:36.52]At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man, big John
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