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Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

Singer/Songwriter

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jim Croce

Acoustic Rhythm Guitar

Gary Chester

Drums

Tommy West

Background Vocals

Ellie Greenwich

Ellie Greenwich

Background Vocals

Joe Macho

Bass Guitar

Maury Muehleisen

Maury Muehleisen

Lead Acoustic Guitar

Tasha Thomas

Background Vocals

Willie McCoy

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jim Croce

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Terry Cashman

Producer

Tommy West

Producer

Bruce Tergesen

Recording Engineer

Corky Stasiak

Assistant Engineer

Greg Davis

Assistant Engineer

Tom Brown

Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

Woo

[Verse 1]

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 name a Leroy Brown

[Verse 2]

Now, Leroy more than trouble

You see, he stand about six foot four

All tho' downtown ladies call him treetop lover

All the men just call him sir (Right on now)

[Chorus]

And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

[Verse 3]

Now, Leroy, he a gambler

And he like his fancy clothes

And he like to wave his diamond rings

Under everybody's nose

[Verse 4]

He got a custom Continental

He got an Eldorado too

He got a .32 gun in his pocket for a fun

He got a razor in his shoe

[Chorus]

And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown (Bad, bad)

Baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

[Verse 5]

Well, Friday, 'bout a week ago

Leroy shootin' dice

And at the edge of the bar sat a girl named a Doris

And ooh, that girl look nice

[Verse 6]

Well, he cast his eyes upon her

And the trouble soon began

And Leroy Brown had learned a lesson

'Bout a messin' with the wife of a jealous man

[Chorus]

And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown (Bad, bad)

Baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

[Verse 7]

Well, the two men took to fightin'

And when they pulled them from the floor (Get up)

Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle

With a couple of pieces gone

[Chorus]

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown

The baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

[Chorus]

And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown (Bad, bad)

Baddest man in the whole damn town

Badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

[Outro]

Yeah, he was badder than old King Kong

Meaner than a junkyard dog

Written by: James Joseph Croce

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