Bad Man's World

Album: Acid Tongue (2008)
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  • It's a bad man's world
    It's a bad man's world
    It's a bad man's world
    Was I born as a promise to keep the peace
    Or meet the shame
    Before you split, one thing left
    To give me my ordinary name
    Give me my ordinary name
    Now that I'm still standing,
    I've got something left to prove
    Got a bullet left, but I can't decide
    Which scorpion I'm going to shoot

    [Chorus]
    Will it be me, will it be you?
    It's a bad man's world
    It's a bad man's world
    I'm a bad, bad girl
    It's a bad man's world

    I will never forgive you
    For what you put us kids through
    Remember that night
    You tried to take your own life?
    When I found you
    You were a shade of blue
    Success is a state of mind
    With a little bit of follow through
    And then you failed at that, too
    It's a bad man's world
    It's a bad man's world
    I'm a bad, bad girl
    It's a bad man's world

    [Chorus]

    It's a bad man's world

    Was I born as a promise to keep the peace
    Or meet the shame
    Before you split, one thing left
    To give me ordinary name
    Give me my ordinary name
    Now that I'm still standing,
    I've got something left to prove
    Got a bullet left, but I can't decide
    Which scorpion I'm going to shoot

    [Chorus]

    I will never forgive you
    For what you put us kids through
    Remember that night
    You tried to take your own life?
    When I found you
    You were a shade of blue
    Success is a state of mind
    With a little bit of follow through
    And then you failed at that, too
    It's a bad man's world
    It's a bad man's world
    I'm a bad, bad girl
    It's a bad man's world

    [Chorus] Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnExcellent song, Jenny has a cool voice.
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