[1st verse:]
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[Frank:]
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I'm honored, I'm flattered
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This greeting really mattered
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This welcome is grand but I'm really concerned
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I like your attention
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But this I have to mention
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You're playing with fire and you're apt to get burned
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[1st refrain:]
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There's a girl in Tennessee
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Who's sorry she met up with me
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Can't go back to Tennessee
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I'm a bad, bad man
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There's a girl in Omaha
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But I ran faster than her pa
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Can't go back to Omaha
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I'm a bad, bad man
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There's a girl in Wyoming
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And they're combing Wyoming
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To find the man in white
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Who was out with her that night
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There's a girl in Arkansas
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The sheriff is her brother-in-law
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Can't go back to Arkansas
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I'm a bad, bad man
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[2nd refrain:]
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[Girls:]
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You're making too much fuss
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For we don't give a tinker's cuss
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We've been out, yes, each of us
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With a bad, bad man
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We've been chasing up and down
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That other show has just left town
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And the one who played the clown
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Was a bad, bad man
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You may love us and leave us
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But the parting won't grieve us
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We'll turn the other cheek
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When the minstrels come next week
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When the show folks come to call
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A girl may slip but she won't fall
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We'll give some but won't give all
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To a bad, bad man
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[3rd refrain:]
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[Frank:]
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For years I have yearned to
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Play towns I could return to
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And "this may be it" from the way that you speak
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I'm glad you're not frightened
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The atmosphere has brightened
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And now let's make plans for a wonderful week
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Monday when my show is done
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I'll teach you how to shoot a gun
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You may find it lots of fun
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With a bad, bad man
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Tuesday there's no matinee
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But I'll be in my tent all day
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You can come around and play
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With a bad, bad man
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Send your mothers on Wednesday
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Because Wednesday's old hens' day
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But Thursday is sublime
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I'll have lots of open time
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Friday night will be the test
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If Saturday you're still my guest
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Sunday you can come and rest
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With a bad, bad man
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[another half REFRAIN for [Frank:]]
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I'm enlightened but frightened
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Tho' my interest you've heightened
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It might turn out to be
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That you're much too much for me
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So I'll go back to my tent
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And someday when you're old and bent
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Think of hours you might have spent
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With a bad, bad man
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I'm A Bad, Bad Man
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| Irving Berlin |
