Lyrics:

Big JohnBig JohnEvery morning at the mine you could see him arriveHe stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hipEverybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big JohnBig JohnBig JohnBig Bad
JohnBig JohnNobody seemed to know where John called homeHe just drifted into town and stayed all aloneHe didn't say much,
kinda quiet and shyIf ya spoke at all, ya just said hi to Big JohnSomebody said he came from New OrleansWhere he got in a fi
ght o'er a cajun queenAnd a crashin' blow from a huge right handSent a Lousianna fella to the promised land, Big JohnBig Jo
hnBig JohnBig Bad JohnBig JohnThen came the day at the bottom of the mineWhen a timber cracked and men started cryin'Min
ers were prayin' and hearts beat fastAnd everybody thought they'd breathed their last, 'cept JohnThrough the dust and the smo
ke of this man-made hellWalked a giant of a man that the miners knew wellGrabbed the saggin' timber and gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree, just stood there alone, Big JohnBig JohnBig JohnBig Bad JohnBig JohnAnd with all of his stre
ngth he gave a mighty shoveThen a miner yelled out, there's a light up aboveAnd twenty men scrambled from a would-be graveno
w there's only one left down there to save, Big JohnWith jacks and timbers they started back downThen came that rumble way do
wn in the groundAs smoke and gas belched outta the mineEverybody knew it was the end of the line for Big JohnBig JohnBig J
ohnBig Bad JohnBig JohnNow, they never re-op