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Bad Bad Leroy Brown

by Jim Croce
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Verse 1
W
ell, the south side of Chicago
i
s the baddest part of town.
And
if you go down there
you b
etter j
ust bewa
re of a man named Leroy Brown.
N
ow, Leroy more than trouble,
y
ou see he stand about six foot four,
a
ll the d
owntown ladies call him treetop lover,
al
l the men jus
t call him sir.
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
the
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badde
r than ol' King Kong,
meaner than
a junk yard dog.
Verse 2
N
ow, Leroy, he a gambler,
a
nd he likes his fancy clothes.
A
nd he
likes to wave his diamond rings
in front
of ev
erybody's nose.
He got a
custom Continental
He got an
El Dorado too.
He got a .
32 gun and a po
cket full o' fun
He got a r
azor in his sh
oe.
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
the
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badde
r than ol' King Kong,
meaner than
a junk yard dog.
Verse 3
Well,
Friday about a week ago
Leroy's
shootin dice.
And at the
edge of the bar sat a g
irl named Doris
and o
h, that girl look n
ice
Well,
he cast his eyes upon her
and th
e trouble soon began.
And Le
roy Brown, he learned a les
son about messin
with the w
ife of a j
ealous man.
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
the
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badde
r than ol' King Kong,
meaner than
a junk yard dog.
Verse 4
Well,
the two men took to fightin
And when they
pulled them form the floor,
Leroy looked like ji
gsaw puzzle
with a
couple a pieces
gone.
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
the
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badde
r than ol' King Kong,
meaner than
a junk yard dog.
Outro
Yes, you were badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog.
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