Big Bad John Lyrics for home and office use
Big Bad John by Brian Borgman & Gary Wheeler to the tune of Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean
Every morning at the office you could see him arrive
Carrying a Bible and Owen volume five,
Kinda slumped at the shoulders and broad the hip
Everyone knew he didn’t joke or quip – Big John
Big John, Big John, Big bad John
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
Just drifted into church and studied all alone
He didn’t say much… kinda quiet and shy
And if he spoke at all, he’d just say “Hi, this is John.”
Somebody said he came from
A single man with no prospect for a mate
But that was OK cuz he really loved the books
Watson, Bunyan, Tolkein and Brooks – Big John
Big John, Big John, Big Bad John
Then came the day when the yentas started schemin
A dutchman and a cuban, you’ve gotta be dreamin
A match made in heaven, of this we were sure
A beauty from
With hurricane Francis – beatin’ down the door
Ol’ Monty and Ernie couldn’t take any more
They dragged out the ring, made the knot get tied
No one really noticed but he really did cry, cause that’s John
Big John, Big John, Big Bad John
Then came the day from the
When a man named Bob made a simple plea
“Come over to Virginny and give us the Word
You’re a good preacher, least that’s what we’ve heard’ – Big John
With an open Bible and lots of love
A deacon cried out, “There’s a light up above”
And fifty members scrambled with joy in their heart
They all wanted to know, “When can he start?” – Big John
Big John, Big John, Big Bad John
Well now John, with his family, are heedin the call
Heading out east, in a big U-Haul
We’ll miss him much, our hearts will be sad
But over at Trinity, they’ll be glad, cause they got John
Big John, Big John, Big Bad John