Cry For The Bad Man

Album: Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)
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  • Well he walks so tall to be so small
    Never met a man who´s stranger
    He lives his life for a dollar sign
    And to deal with him is dangerous
    He knocked me down but I´m on my feet
    Now I´m so much wiser
    I´d rather quit and go back home
    Than to deal with the money miser
    Let´s cry for this bad man
    I sing a song for the bad man

    Well, you treat me right baby, I´ll treat you right
    That´s the way its supposed to be
    I put my faith down in my friend
    And he almost put an end to me
    Well I work seven days a week
    Eight when I am able
    When you take money from me you take food from my mama´s table
    Let´s cry for this bad man
    I wrote a song for the bad man

    Oh baby you know who you are
    Let´s cry for this bad man
    I wrote a song for the bad man way down in Georgia

    Well, you treat me right baby, I´ll treat you right
    That´s the way its supposed to be
    I put my faith down in my friend
    And he almost put an end to me
    Well, when you take my money baby when you hurt my family
    I go walkin´ through the swamps without no shoes
    Step on a snake it scares you
    Let´s cry for this bad man
    I wrote a song for the bad man
    Oh let´s cry for this bad man
    I wrote a song for the bad man

    Oh baby straight to you
    He´s so bad, so bad Writer/s: ALLEN COLLINS, GARY ROBERT ROSSINGTON, RONNIE VAN ZANT
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Zap from Norwalk, CtSorry Jeff, but you are incorrect. I know several former members of the band (and one current one, LOL), and I can say without a doubt it's about Walden. Kooper is still held in fairly high regard by the band, unlike Walden or Rudge.
  • Jeff from Panama City , FlI think the song is not about alan walden but the later manager producer al kooper...anyway it is one of my favorite skynyrd songs...it is almost a mirror image to gimme back my bullets...
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