He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Heâ??s a bad man
Mr. Bad Man
And she had enough of him
So the walls try
To dry her eyes
Cause the bad man
Made her cry
But every day
I know that I may just
Be closer to the scene
Frozen wax
Words they
Then soldiers
Would lay down
Their swords for
And they come in every color
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Thereâ??s a gold star
(Thereâ??s a gold star)
On a Gendarme
(On a Gendarme)
So she asked him
Hey can you hold my sucker
Itâ??s the one piece
That I got left
So hide it well she said
Heâ??s a bad man
(Just a bad bad man)
Mr. Bad Man
(Such a bad man)
And she had enough of him
So the walls try
To dry her eyes
Cause the bad man
Made her cry
But every day
I know that I may just
Be closer to the scene
Frozen wax
Words they
Then soldiers
Would lay down
Their swords for
And they come in every color
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do.
Mr. Bad Man
And she had enough of him
So the walls try
To dry her eyes
Cause the bad man
Made her cry
But every day
I know that I may just
Be closer to the scene
Frozen wax
Words they
Then soldiers
Would lay down
Their swords for
And they come in every color
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Thereâ??s a gold star
(Thereâ??s a gold star)
On a Gendarme
(On a Gendarme)
So she asked him
Hey can you hold my sucker
Itâ??s the one piece
That I got left
So hide it well she said
Heâ??s a bad man
(Just a bad bad man)
Mr. Bad Man
(Such a bad man)
And she had enough of him
So the walls try
To dry her eyes
Cause the bad man
Made her cry
But every day
I know that I may just
Be closer to the scene
Frozen wax
Words they
Then soldiers
Would lay down
Their swords for
And they come in every color
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
And flavor too
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do
Do-do-do-de-do-do-do.
Lyrics submitted by stentorian
Mr. Bad Man Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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