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 cursin’ And the folks in the back they’re throwin’ 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 Smellin’ 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 puttin’ 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…