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Big Bad John
The Meatmen
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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
And everybody knew you didn't give no lip
To Big John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed 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 into a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crash and blow from a huge right hand
Sent the Louisiana fella to the promised land
Big John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and the men started cryin'
And miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
Everyone thought that they'd breathed their last
'Cept John
Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Lurked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
He grabbed a sagging timber, gave out with a groan
Like a giant oak tree just stood there alone
Big John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
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And with all his strength he gave a mighty shove
And a miner yelled out, "There's a light up above!"
Then twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
But now there's only one left down there to save
Big John
They jacked some timbers and started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And the smoke and the 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
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"
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Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
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