Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean/The Green River Boys

[ti:Big Bad John (Remastered)] [ar:Jimmy Dean] [al:Country (Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Big Bad John (大坏蛋约翰) - Jimmy Dean/The Green River Boys [00:00.71]Big John [00:01.61] [00:03.26]Big John [00:03.93] [00:06.52]Ev'ry mornin' at the mine [00:07.95]You could see him arrive [00:09.06]He stood six foot six [00:10.31]And weighed two forty five [00:11.99]Kinda broad at the shoulder [00:13.03]And narrow at the hip [00:14.54]And everybody knew [00:15.86]Ya didn't give no lip to Big John [00:19.79]Big John Big John [00:25.36]Big Bad John [00:26.33] [00:27.90]Big John [00:29.28] [00:30.59]Nobody seemed to know [00:32.56]Where John called home [00:33.81]He just drifted into town and stayed all alone [00:36.93]He didn't say much [00:38.00]He kinda quiet and shy [00:39.74]And if you spoke at all [00:41.02]He just said "Hi" to Big John [00:42.72] [00:44.91]Somebody said he came from New Orleans [00:47.77]Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen [00:50.52]And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand [00:53.18]Sent a Louisiana fellow [00:54.51]To the Promised Land Big John [00:56.32] [00:58.32]Big John Big John [01:01.47] [01:03.68]Big Bad John [01:04.46] [01:06.27]Big John [01:07.01] [01:09.24]Then came the day at the bottom of the mine [01:12.58]When a timber cracked and men started cryin' [01:14.58] [01:15.51]Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast [01:18.11]And everybody thought [01:19.06]That they'd breathed their last acept John [01:21.29] [01:23.45]Through the dust and the smoke [01:24.78]Of this man made hell [01:25.58] [01:26.12]Walked a giant of a man [01:27.63]That the miners knew well [01:28.71]Grabbed a saggin' timber [01:29.57]Gave out with a groan [01:30.97]And like a giant Oak tree [01:33.19]He just stood there alone Big John [01:35.31] [01:36.85]Big John Big John [01:40.29] [01:42.29]Big Bad John [01:43.13] [01:44.94]Big John [01:45.64] [01:48.76]And with all of his strength [01:49.43]He gave a mighty shove [01:50.68]Then a miner yelled out [01:52.09]"There's a light up above" [01:53.83]And twenty men scrambled [01:55.22]From a would-be grave [01:56.95]Now there's only one left down [01:58.41]There to save Big John [01:59.96] [02:02.28]With jacks and timbers they started back down [02:04.48] [02:05.06]Then came that rumble way down in the ground [02:07.49] [02:08.00]And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine [02:10.42] [02:10.98]Everybody knew it was [02:11.86]The end of the line for Big John [02:13.78] [02:15.79]Big John Big John [02:19.19] [02:21.08]Big Bad John [02:22.12] [02:23.90]Big John [02:24.59] [02:27.36]Now they never reopened that worthless pit [02:29.82]They just placed a marble stand in front of it [02:32.63] [02:33.15]These few words are written on that stand [02:35.10] [02:36.92]At the bottom of this mine [02:39.18]Lies a big big man Big John [02:44.50] [02:45.61]Big John Big John [02:48.99] [02:50.83]Big Bad John [02:51.83] [02:53.61]Big John [02:54.53] [02:56.40]Big John [02:57.13] [02:58.17]Big Bad John