Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Jim Croce

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Well, the south side of Chicago
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Is the baddest part of town
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And if you go down there, you better just beware
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Of a man named Leroy Brown

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Now Leroy more than trouble
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You see he stands about six foot four
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All the downtown ladies call him tree top lover
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All the men just call him sir

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And he's bad (bad) bad (bad) Leroy Brown
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Baddest man in the whole damn town
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Badder than old' King Kong
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Meaner than a junk yard dog

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Now Leroy, he a gambler
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And he likes his fancy clothes
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And he likes to wave his diamond rings
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In front of everybody's nose

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He got a custom Continental
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He got an Eldorado, too
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He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun
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He got a razor in his shoe

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And he's bad (bad) bad (bad) Leroy Brown
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Baddest man in the whole damn town
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Badder than old' King Kong
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Meaner than a junk yard dog

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Well, Friday, about a week ago 
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Leroy shootin' dice
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And at the edge of the bar sat a girl named a-Doris
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And, ooooh, that girl looked nice

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Well, he cast his eyes upon her
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And the trouble soon began
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Leroy Brown learned a lesson 'bout messin' 
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With the wife of a jealous man

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And he's bad (bad) bad (bad) Leroy Brown
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Baddest man in the whole damn town
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Badder than old' King Kong
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Meaner than a junk yard dog

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Well the two men took to fighting
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And when they pulled them from the floor
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Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
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With a couple of pieces gone

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And he's bad (bad) bad (bad) Leroy Brown
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Baddest man in the whole damn town
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Badder than old' King Kong
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Meaner than a junk yard dog

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And he's bad (bad) bad (bad) Leroy Brown
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Baddest man in the whole damn town
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Badder than old' King Kong
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Meaner than a junk yard dog
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Yeah, he was badder than old' King Kong
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Meaner than a junk yard dog
