Interpret:

Jim Croce

Album:

Life And Times

Songwriters: Jim Croce



Well the South side of Chicago

Is the baddest part of town

And if you go down there

You better just beware of a man named Leroy Brown



Now Leroy, more than trouble

You see he stand 'bout six foot four

All the downtown ladies call him Treetop Lover

All the men just call him Sir



And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damned town

Badder than old King Kong

And meaner than a junkyard dog



Now Leroy, he a gambler

And he like his fancy clothes

And he like to wave his diamond rings

In front of everybody's nose



He got a custom Continental

He got an Eldorado too

He got a .32 gun in his pocket for fun

He got a razor in his shoe



And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damned town

Badder than old King Kong

And meaner than a junkyard dog



Well, Friday 'bout a week ago

Leroy shootin' dice

And at the edge of the bar

Sat a girl named Doris and ooh, that girl looked nice



Well, he cast his eyes upon her

And the trouble soon began

'Cause Leroy Brown learned a lesson

'Bout messin' with the wife of a jealous man



And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damned town

Badder than old King Kong

And meaner than a junkyard dog



Well, the two men took to fighting

And when they pulled them from the floor

Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle

With a couple of pieces gone



And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damned town

Badder than old King Kong

And meaner than a junkyard dog



And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damned town

Badder than old King Kong

And meaner than a junkyard dog

Yeah, badder than old King Kong

And meaner than a junkyard dog