Lyrics to
Bad Company

This version of Bad Company was released by Status Quo in 1979.

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I’ve seen your eyes, they hypnotise
I cannot look away
I know what people say
You’re bad company

I’ve seen it when you need a man
And i could lose my life
I know I’ll pay the price
You’re bad company

You’re the witch in the wild
And you’re driving me out of my mind
You’re the devil inside
I’d rather not find

See my friend you’ll never mend
And see his look of pain
And you, you are to blame
You’re bad company

I’ve seen the snake that comes away
And lives beneath the moon
And you, you call the tune
You’re bad company

You’re the witch in the wild
And you’re driving me out of my mind
You’re the devil inside
I’d rather not find

Bad company, you had to be
Bad company

You’re the witch in the wild
And you’re driving me out of my mind
You’re the devil inside
I’d rather not find

Bad company, I soon will be
Bad company

You’re the witch in the wild
And you’re driving me out of my mind

Bad company, bad company
Bad company

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About Lyrics and Bad Company by Status Quo

The lyrics for Bad Company are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Status Quo. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Bad Company 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 Company - Status Quo 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 Company by Status Quo 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 Company" means the words set to the music of Bad Company, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 Company and the lyrics to Bad Company are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bad Company, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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