big john is my name

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.