| “ | Well, the South side of Chicago is the baddest part of town. And if you go down there, you better just beware |
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| ~ The first verse of Bad Bad Leroy Brown. |
| “ | And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown. The baddest man in the whole damn town. |
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| ~ The chorus of Bad Bad Leroy Brown. |
| “ | Well, the two men took to fighting, and when they pulled them from the floor,
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone. |
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| ~ Leroy's downfall. |
Leroy Brown, also known as Bad Bad Leroy Brown, is the titular villainous protagonist of the song of the same name by Jim Croce. He is an intimidating gangster known for his strength, violence, temper, and love of women, expensive items and gambling.
Appearance[]
According to the lyrics, Leroy Brown was a 6 foot 4 man who wore expensive clothes and jewelery. By the end of the song, Leroy looks like "a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone", the meaning of which could range anywhere from being really badly beaten to missing limbs.
Biography[]
Leroy Brown was known throughout the south side of Chicago as the baddest man in town, with the women swooning over him and the men being rather intimidated by his presence. Leroy would spend his days gambling, making love to women and showing off his expensive rings and outfit. One day, while Leroy was gambling, he spotted a woman named Doris who tickled his fancy, but when he tried to make a move on her, her husband beat Leroy so hard that by the time they were pulled away from each other, Leroy "looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone". Whether or not Leroy's status as "the baddest man in town" was perpetuated by the people of South Chicago after he lost a bar fight to a nobody is unknown.