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Bad Boy

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I'm just a bad boy long long ways from home
I'm just a bad boy long long ways from home
But I ain't got nobody to bury me when I'm dead and gone

Well I'm the cat scratches and I'm like a dog that bites
I'll be your box of matches, baby, when you need a light
I'm just a bad boy long long ways from home
But I ain't got nobody to bury me when I'm dead and gone

I used to have a little girl, only 16 years old
But her mom and dad put me way out in the cold
I can't stay here no longer, my luck is runnin' slow
I gotta keep on movin' but I got no place to go

I'm just a bad boy long long ways from home
I'm just a bad boy long long ways from home
But I ain't got nobody to bury me when I'm dead and gone

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smallwonderrobot On Sep 05, 2006

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Cover art for Bad Boy lyrics by Eric Clapton

by holidayad

2y ago

It's about the loneliness that bad boys face.

"But I ain't got nobody To bury me when I'm dead and gone."

"Gotta keep on moving But I ain't got no place to go."

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