Big Bad John (Joy In My Heart Album Version)-Jimmy Dean

[ti:Big Bad John (Joy In My Heart Album Version)] [ar:Jimmy Dean] [al:Joy In My Heart] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Big Bad John (Joy In My Heart Album Version) - Jimmy Dean [00:18.43]Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive [00:21.23]He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five [00:23.88] [00:24.54]Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip [00:27.83]Everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John [00:30.85] [00:33.26]Big John [00:33.80] [00:35.88]Big John [00:36.48] [00:38.99]Big Bad John [00:39.78] [00:41.89]Big John [00:42.46] [00:45.17]Nobody seemed to know where John called home [00:47.89]He just drifted into town and stayed all alone [00:50.18] [00:51.37]He didn't say much kinda quiet and shy [00:53.19] [00:54.00]If ya spoke at all ya just said hi to Big John [00:56.70] [00:59.73]Somebody said he came from New Orleans [01:01.94] [01:02.62]Where he got in a fight o'er a cajun queen [01:05.02] [01:05.54]And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand [01:08.42]Sent a Lousianna fella to the promised land Big John [01:11.97] [01:13.71]Big John [01:14.47] [01:16.79]Big John [01:17.75] [01:19.77]Big Bad John [01:20.45] [01:22.46]Big John [01:23.04] [01:26.01]Then came the day at the bottom of the mine [01:28.35] [01:28.86]When a timber cracked and men started cryin' [01:31.04] [01:31.92]Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast [01:34.06] [01:34.89]And everybody thought they'd [01:36.21]Breathed their last 'cept John [01:37.88] [01:40.63]Through the dust and the smoke [01:42.13]Of this man-made hell [01:43.50]Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well [01:46.56]Grabbed the saggin' timber and gave out with a groan [01:49.33]And like a giant oak tree [01:50.97]Just stood there alone Big John [01:52.63] [01:54.83]Big John [01:55.70] [01:57.15]Big John [01:58.04] [02:00.65]Big Bad John [02:01.33] [02:03.53]Big John [02:04.07] [02:07.19]And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove [02:09.76]Then a miner yelled out there's a light up above [02:11.98] [02:12.80]And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave [02:14.76] [02:15.77]Now there's only one left down there to save Big John [02:18.81] [02:21.30]With jacks and timbers they started back down [02:23.30] [02:24.16]Then came that rumble way down in the ground [02:26.41] [02:27.25]As smoke and gas belched outta the mine [02:29.41] [02:30.27]Everybody knew it was the end [02:31.65]Of the line for Big John [02:33.10] [02:35.44]Big John [02:36.04] [02:38.32]Big John [02:38.91] [02:41.37]Big Bad John [02:42.00] [02:44.06]Big John [02:44.66] [02:47.60]Now they never re-opened that worthless pit [02:49.72] [02:50.25]They just placed a marble stand in front of it [02:52.33] [02:53.58]These few words are written on that stand [02:55.42] [02:57.76]At the bottom of this mine lies [02:59.62] [03:00.16]One Hell of a man Big John [03:03.65] [03:04.98]Big John [03:05.54] [03:07.69]Big John [03:08.34] [03:11.01]Big Bad John [03:11.59] [03:13.62]Big John [03:14.30] [03:16.52]Big John [03:17.33] [03:19.71]Big Bad John [03:20.42] [03:21.51]Big John