Lyrics to
Bad Boy

This version of Bad Boy was released by Rick Springfield in 1973.

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I woke up from the drink I had
The room was dark and suddenly began to swirl
I should of heeded mother’s words
She said she’d heard it said you were a naughty girl
But what does a mother know
That we really need to know
And what would she say if she knew

Na na na na you’re just a Bad Boy
Who, who, who
Na na na na they’ll drive you mad boy
Who, who, who
But mother, what a way to go

I looked out as the sun came up
I shook my head and said I really should be gone
I grabbed my shoes and daily news
And walked out in the heat beneath the summer sun
But father was there outside with no place to run and hide
He looked most upset as he said “Where’ve you been?”

Na na na na you’re just a Bad Boy
Who, who, who
Na na na na they’ll drive you mad boy
Who, who, who
But mother, what a way to go

But what if she’d walked in and caught us
Do you think she’d have been shocked
The way that she talked you’d think I was a daughter
Anyway the door was locked

I know that mother disagrees
But I would really like to see you again
And if you want to see me too
Then meet me in the bushes at the river bend
And no one will find us out
‘Cause no one will be about
But still I can hear them all say

Na na na na you’re just a Bad Boy
Who, who, who
Na na na na they’ll drive you mad boy
Who, who, who
But mother, what a way to go

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About Lyrics and Bad Boy by Rick Springfield

The lyrics for Bad Boy are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Rick Springfield. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Bad Boy have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Bad Boy - Rick Springfield and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Bad Boy by Rick Springfield in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Bad Boy" means the words set to the music of Bad Boy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rick Springfield. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Bad Boy and the lyrics to Bad Boy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rick Springfield who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bad Boy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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