Intro: Verse 1: Well the south side of Chicago     Is the bad dest part of town    And if you go down there you’d better just beware    Of a man named Leroy Brown    Now Leroy’s more than trouble    You see he stands ’bout six foot four    All the downtown ladies call him treetop lover    All the men just call him ’Sir’    And he’s bad bad  Leroy Brown    The bad dest man in the whole down town    Bad der than old King Kong    Meaner than a junkyard dog    Verse 2: Now Leroy he’s a gambler    And he likes his fancy clothes    And he likes to wear his diamond rings    In front of everybody’s nose    He got a custom Continental    He got an El Dorado too    He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun    He got a razor in his shoe    And he’s bad bad  Leroy Brown    The bad dest man in the whole down town    Bad der than old King Kong    Meaner than a junkyard dog    Interlude:    Verse 3: Well Friday ’bout a week ago    Leroy shooting dice    And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name Doris    And oh 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   And he’s bad bad  Leroy Brown    The bad dest man in the whole down town    Bad der than old King Kong    Meaner than a junkyard dog    And he’s bad bad  Leroy Brown    The bad dest man in the whole down town    Bad der than old King Kong    Meaner than a junkyard dog    Meaner than a junkyard dog

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À propos de la chanson

Cette chanson raconte l'histoire de Leroy Brown, un homme redouté qui fait sa loi dans le quartier sud de Chicago. Grand et imposant, il attire l'attention par son style flamboyant, portant des vêtements chics et des bijoux étincelants. Leroy est également un joueur avisé, toujours prêt à montrer ses richesses et à se la jouer. Cependant, son arrogance le conduit à se retrouver dans une situation délicate lorsqu'il s'approche de la femme d'un homme jaloux, apprenant à ses dépens qu'il ne faut pas provoquer les gens de cette manière. C'est un récit plein de caractère sur les conséquences d'un comportement imprudent.