Bad News

Bad news travels like wildfire
Good news travel slow
They all call me wildfire
Everybody knows

Hell, I'm bad news
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' in trouble
Leavin' them girls that hate to see me go

The late tried to hang me in Okla
Then they did in Francisco
But I wouldn't choke him, no, I broke that rope
They had to let me go

Son, I'm bad news
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' in trouble
Leavin' little girls that hate to see me go

Well, from north to south, then east to west
The story's all the same
One state to another
I had to change my name

I'm bad news
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' in trouble
Leavin' them girls that hate to see me go

I picked the peaches in Georgia
I lumber jacked in Maine
Well, I've been hired and fired and jailed
In any town you can name

Son, I'm bad news
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' in trouble
Leavin' them girls that hate to see me go