[Verse 1]
Oh how they cry when the big man die
They spill buckets out their eyes
Plain white faces and plain grey stone
He took that white cocaine up his nose

[Chorus]
Sing for that big man, baby
Down by the river and the railroad tracks
Baby ain't happy that he's gone
That won't bring him back to life now

[Verse 2]
When he went down there was a trembling roar
And they came far and wide to the funeral
Well the people showed up they were broken-willed
The drank all day and they popped pills

[Chorus]
Sing for that big man, baby
Down by the river and the railroad tracks
Baby ain't happy that he's gone
That won't bring him back to life now

[Bridge]
Bones buried young
Bones buried deep
Bones I won't shake now lay to sleep
And he looks down
Or he looks up
He was a good man
That was enough
[Chorus x2]
Sing for that big man, baby
Down by the river and the railroad tracks
Baby ain't happy that he's gone
That won't bring him back to life now