Now 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 he's trouble And he stands about six feet four All the downtown ladies call him: 'treetop lover' All the men just call him Sir
(Yeah) He's bad, bad Leroy Brown Meanest (baddest) man (cat) in the whole damn town Badder that old King Kong (And( (He's) Meaner that a junkyard dog
Now Leroy he's a gambler And he likes (digs) his (those) fancy clothes He likes to wave his (that) (great big / big fat) (shinny) diamond ring(s) Under (In front of) everybody's nose
He's got a custom Continental He's got an Eldorado too He's got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun He's got a razor in his (the razor in the) shoe
(Yeah) He's bad, bad Leroy Brown baddest man in the whole damn town Badder that old King Kong And Meaner that a junkyard dog
Now Friday - 'bout a week ago Leroy shootin' dice And at the edge of the bar, sat a girl named Doris Man she sure looked nice
And (Well/Then) he layed his eyes upon her That's when the big scene (trouble soon) began And Leroy Brown he learned a lesson 'bout messin' With the wife of a jealous man
(Yeah) He's bad, bad Leroy Brown baddest man in the whole damn town Badder that old King Kong (And) Meaner that a junkyard dog
When the two men took a fighting and they pulled them form the floorleroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone