Bad, bad Leroy Brown
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1. Well, the south side of Chicago 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 name of Leroy Brown.
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2. Now, Leroy, more than trouble,
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you
see, he stand about 'bout six foot four.
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All those downtown ladies call
him "treetop lover",
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all
the men just call him "sir."
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And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
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the baddest
man in the whole damn town,
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badder than old King Kong
and meaner than a junkyard dog.
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3. Now, Leroy, he a gambler, 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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4. He got a custom Continental, 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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5. Well, Friday 'bout a week ago, Leroy's shootin'
dice.
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and
at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris
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and,
oh, that girl look nice !
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6. Well, he cast his eyes upon her, and the trouble soon began,
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and
Leroy Brown, he 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, Leroy Brown,
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the baddest
man in the whole damn town,
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badder than old King Kong
and meaner than a junkyard dog.
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7. Well, the two men took to fightin',
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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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+ Yes, you were badder than old King Kong,
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and
meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Jim Croce)