Big John Is My Name

(album: Ma - 1973)

Well I like what I do, and I do what like
What I do? Hey, I play the funky music
Yeah yeah, said I like what I do, and I do what like
What I do? Hey, I play the funky music
Hey, I wanna tell you now

Some of my friends smoke a little dope
I gotta say, some of my friends sniff a little dope
Well hey yeah, different strokes for different folks
But me, playing funky music all night
That's turns me on, wow
And for all you sophisticated folks we get it on every night at nine,
Don't look for no flashy club with the flashy neon sign.
I must warn you there'll be a whole lotta folks there drinkin and sweatin, and some cursing
And the folks in the back they're throwing some bets

Big John is my name
Playing funkly music is my claim to fame
From the big city
Me and my band specialize in the nitty gritty
Big John is my name
Playing funkly music is my claim to fame
From the big city
Me and my band specialize in the nitty gritty

Play my music in every honky tonk joint
From Maine to Mexico
Some of them folks ain't got no shoes
Smelling like all outdoors
I got invited to The White House
But I had to turn it down
'Cause me and my band can't stand
What saddity folks are putting down
I might not ever make the big time
'Cause honky tonk joints, that's my style
In a one bulb lighted room
Where the women wear fifty cent perfume

Big John is my name
Playing funkly music is my claim to fame
From the big city
Me and my band specialize in the nitty gritty
Big John is my name
Playing funky music is my claim to fame
From the big city
Me and my band specialize in the nitty gritty

I wanna know can you get down, yeah
All the way down down, yeah...