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John Prine – Bad Boy lyrics
I been a bad boy
I been long gone
I been out there
I never phone home
I never gave you not one little clue where I'd been
I've been a bad boy again.

I got a way of
Fallin' in love
With angels that don't shove
You into thinkin' that you are committing a sin
I've been a bad boy again.

I've been a bad boy again
Now I've been a bad boy again
And all the trouble that I'm in
Makes me a bad boy again
I've been a bad boy again
Now I've been a bad boy again
And all the trouble that I'm in
Makes me a bad boy again

I must have walked 'round
In a real fog
I was your best friend
Now I'm a real dog
I never thought that now
Would ever catch up with then
I've been a bad boy again.

I've been a bad boy
I sung a wrong song
I took a left turn
I stayed too long
As you were thinkin' that I wasn't
Just like all other men
I've been a bad boy again.

I've been a bad boy again
Now I've been a bad boy again
And all the trouble that I'm in
Makes me a bad boy again
I've been a bad boy again
Now I've been a bad boy again
And all the trouble that I'm in
Makes me a bad boy again
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I been a bad boy I been long gone I been out there I never phone home I never gave you not one little clue where I'd been I've been a bad boy again. I got a way of Fallin' in love With angels that don't shove You into thinkin' that you are committing a sin I've been a bad boy again. I've been a bad boy again Now I've been a bad boy again And all the trouble that I'm in Makes me a bad boy again I've been a bad boy again Now I've been a bad boy again And all the trouble that I'm in Makes me a bad boy again I must have walked 'round In a real fog I was your best friend Now I'm a real dog I never thought that now Would ever catch up with then I've been a bad boy again. I've been a bad boy I sung a wrong song I took a left turn I stayed too long As you were thinkin' that I wasn't Just like all other men I've been a bad boy again. I've been a bad boy again Now I've been a bad boy again And all the trouble that I'm in Makes me a bad boy again I've been a bad boy again Now I've been a bad boy again And all the trouble that I'm in Makes me a bad boy again Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: JOHN LEE HOOKER
Bad Boy lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
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