Big Daddy didn't play any college ball
The Marine Corps was pretty much all
The experience he had on defensive line
Till he joined the Rams and then signed
With the Colts in '56 drove to Baltimore
By himself except for picking up girls
In towns where they want to get out
Go to New York City or how about
Memphis instead or anywhere is fine
Nights by motel pools drinking wine
Big Daddy wonders if should he quit
Football before it starts with that shit
Two-a-day practices out in the sun
Which is work but girls are fun.

I asked Jesus for a moment of his time
We got together at the bottom of a mine
There I asked Jesus for a couple of bucks
He said ducks quack and chickens cluck
But Big Daddy Lipscomb feared no man
So be who you are to the best you can
Like Big Daddy Lipscomb always real mean
He called me Jesus and I called him Gene
When we drove together on unlit streets
To a boom-a-lay boom-a-lay old time beat
On the radio Big Daddy Lipscomb and me
Picking up chicks just being wild and free
Big Daddy Lipscomb always real mean
He called me Jesus and I called him Gene.
There goes Big Daddy tooling 'round the bend
He used to play for Baltimore I knew him when
Him and Artie Donovan drank before the games
Right there in the locker room with no shame
About it either and Big Daddy also loved his car
So they played in NYC and he drove it way too far
Than was even necessary to take the scenic route
Picking up girls in Delaware and other ones to boot
In Philadelphia simply by mentioning how his name
Was Daddy Lipscomb and nearly missed the game
But distinguished himself in a goal line stand and
As the final seconds ticked away he said hey man
To Artie Donovan you want to shoot horse with me
But Artie said go ahead I know what the end will be
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