Lyrics to
You’ve Got It Bad Girl

This version of You’Ve Got It Bad Girl was released by Stevie Wonder in 1972.

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When you believe in a feeling,
And it’s holding you back from my love,
Then you’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl

When you insist on excluding
The tenderness that’s in my kiss,
Then you’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl

If you try to display an emotion,
That will contradict itself,
You will find your heart just sitting
Like a statue on a shelf, on a shelf, on a shelf

Should you depend on an outlet,
Through which an escape can be found,
Then you’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl

If you don’t see there’s no way out,
Just no way of getting around me,
Then you’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl

Yes, you know the plans I am making,
Are intended to capture you,
So you practice false reactions,
To delay the things I do, the things I do,
things I do, foolish you
You’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad

There’s no reward in detouring
My deep sincerity.
Especially since what you’re feeling,
Is perfectly clear to me, clear to me, clear to me

Before you discover the feeling,
You’ve tried very hard to hide,
You’ve got it bad girl, you’ve got it bad girl

But when you can find just a small space,
To let my love live in your mind,
Then you’ll have it good girl, you’ll
have it good girl

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You can understand the lyrics to You’Ve Got It Bad Girl if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 You’Ve Got It Bad Girl" means the words set to the music of You’Ve Got It Bad Girl, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stevie Wonder. 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 You’Ve Got It Bad Girl and the lyrics to You’Ve Got It Bad Girl are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stevie Wonder who came here looking just for the lyrics to You’Ve Got It Bad Girl, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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