Lyrics to
Too Bad

This version of Too Bad was released by Bad Company in 1977.

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My, my, my.
Well, I finished fooling ’round with you, pretty mama,
Finished fooling ’round with you.

No more wasting my time, baby, no more standing in line. And
I’m a shiftin’ on, back to where I once came from, Yeah, oh it’s
been a long.

You know I heard it in the news and it gave me the blues. You
Know it ain’t right, people are fighting everywhere I look,
People uptight and everywhere. And I’m shiftin’ on, back to where
I once came from, yeah.
Ain’t no lie, yeah, ain’t it too bad, mama?
Too bad you’re gonna cry.
Movin’ on, oh yeah, now ain’t it
Too bad baby, Too bad I’m going
To cry. Wait, well I heard it on the news and it gave me the blues,
You know it ain’t right, people are fighting every place I look, People uptight and everywhere, that’s
Why I’m shiftin’ on,
Back to where I once came from,
Lord I tell you no lie,
Ain’t it too bad mama, hey, too
Bad you’re going to cry,
Too bad you’re going to cry, too
Bad you’re going to cry,
Too bad you’re going to cry baby, mm, ain’t no lie, ha.
Ah, ah, yeah, that’s why I’m shiftin’ on, Back to where I belong, going
To leave you to cry.

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The lyrics for Too Bad are defined as the words making up the song released by Bad Company in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Too Bad have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bad Company and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Too Bad by Bad Company if you think through it. 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 Too Bad" means the words set to the music of Too Bad, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bad Company. 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 Too Bad and the lyrics to Too Bad are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bad Company who came here looking just for the lyrics to Too Bad, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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