Big John
Big
John
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
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
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
If
ya spoke at all, ya just said hi to Big John
Somebody said
he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight o'er a cajun queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent
a Lousianna fella 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 they'd breathed 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 the saggin' timber
and gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree, just stood there alone, Big John
Big John
Big
John
Big Bad John
Big John
And with all
of his strength he gave 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
As smoke and gas belched outta the mine
Everybody
knew it was the end of the line for Big John
Big John
Big
John
Big Bad John
Big 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
Big John
Big
John
Big Bad John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John