Author/Performer: Jim Croce
Well 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 mens just call him "Sir"
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And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole d*** 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 thirty two gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe
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verse 2.
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
and Leroy Brown learned a lesson'bout messin'
with the wife of a jealous man
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verse 3.
Well the two men took to fightin'
And when they pulled them from the floor
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
With a couple of pieces gone
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