Bad, bad, Leroy Brown v1

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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 named Leroy Brown
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Now Leroy ’s more than trouble, you see he stands about six foot four
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And all the downtown ladies call him “Tree Top Lover”
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All the men just call him “Sir”
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refrain And he’s bad, bad, Leroy Brown
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The baddest man in the whole damned town
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Badder than the old King Kong
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And meaner than a junkyard dog
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Now, Leroy, he’s 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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He got a Custom Continental; he got an El Dorado too
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He got a 32-gun in his pocket for fun,
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He got a razor in his shoe
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Well, Friday ‘bout a week ago, Leroy is shooting dice
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And at the edge of the bar sat a girl named Doris,
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And oh that girl looked nice
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Well, he cast his eyes upon her, and the trouble soon began
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And Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson ‘bout messing
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With the wife of a jealous man
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Well, the two men took to fighting,
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And when they pulled them from the floor
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Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle, with a couple of pieces gone