所属专辑:Hot 100 Number Ones Of 1961
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Big Bad John (大坏蛋约翰) - The Academy Allstars[00:00:00]
Ev'ry morning at the mine you could see him arrive[00:00:09]
He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five[00:00:12]
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip[00:00:14]
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John [00:00:17]
(Big John Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)[00:00:23]
Nobody seemed to know where John called home[00:00:34]
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone[00:00:37]
He didn't say much kinda quiet and shy[00:00:40]
And if you spoke at all you just said "Hi" to Big John [00:00:42]
Somebody said he came from New Orleans[00:00:49]
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen[00:00:51]
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand[00:00:54]
Sent a Loosiana fellow to the Promised Land-Big John[00:00:57]
(Big John Big John) Big Bad John[00:01:02]
Then came the day at the bottom of the mine[00:01:14]
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'[00:01:17]
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast[00:01:20]
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last-'cept John[00:01:23]
Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell[00:01:28]
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well[00:01:31]
Grabbed a saggin' timber gave out with a groan[00:01:34]
And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone-Big John[00:01:37]
(Big John Big John) Big Bad John[00:01:43]
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove[00:01:54]
Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above "[00:01:57]
And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave[00:02:00]
Now there's only one left down there to save-Big John[00:02:03]
With jacks and timbers they started back down[00:02:09]
Then came that rumble way down in the ground[00:02:11]
And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine[00:02:14]
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John[00:02:17]
(Big John Big John) Big Bad John[00:02:22]
Now they never reopened that worthless pit[00:02:34]
They just placed a marble stand in front of it[00:02:37]
These few words are written on that stand[00:02:40]
At the bottem of this mine lies one hell of a man big john[00:02:45]
(Big John Big John) Big Bad John[00:02:54]
Big John Big John Big John Big Bad John[00:03:03]