Lyrics to
Born To Be Bad

This version of Born To Be Bad was released by The Runaways in 1977.

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Bodies without minds
I hear you’re the one with the bleeding heart
Blue and bittersweet
You tear my dreams apart

Cause I was born to be bad
I’m not sad
And I’m glad I did it
Born to be bad
I’m not sad, why don’t you all get with it

The damned don’t cry
Cry out when they’re betrayed
Bodies slam they scream
As the keynotes fade

Cause I was born to be bad
I’m not sad
And I’m glad I did it
Born to be bad
I’m not sad, why don’t you all get with it

I called my mother from Hollywood the other day
And I said “Mom, I just called to tell ya I joined a rock and roll band
And I won’t be coming home no more”
You know what she did?
She started crying and weeping and whimpering like all mothers do
She woke up my father and told him about it and he said
“There ain’t a damn thing we can do, that’s the way she is
Hey, you know she was just born to be bad”

I want you to bring me his ears
To satisfy my mad desires
And if he bites the dust
We’ll just have to miss my fire

Cause I was born to be bad
I’m not sad
And I’m glad I did it
Born to be bad
I’m not sad, why don’t you all get with it

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About Lyrics and Born To Be Bad by The Runaways

The lyrics for Born To Be Bad are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by The Runaways. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Born To Be Bad 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 Born To Be Bad - The Runaways 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 Born To Be Bad by The Runaways 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 Born To Be Bad" means the words set to the music of Born To Be Bad, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Runaways. 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 Born To Be Bad and the lyrics to Born To Be Bad are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Runaways who came here looking just for the lyrics to Born To Be Bad, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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