Bad Man-Emitt Rhodes

[ti:Bad Man] [ar:Emitt Rhodes] [al:The Emitt Rhodes Recordings (1969 - 1973)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bad Man - Emitt Rhodes [00:04.33]Felt unwanted and rejected as a child [00:08.64] [00:10.64]Was always evil talking dirty and running wild [00:16.24] [00:17.18]Caught red-handed thieving hubcaps as a teen [00:21.57] [00:22.90]Judge was lenient when you told him you'd go clean [00:28.28] [00:29.82]One year's probation just added to your frustration [00:34.00] [00:35.32]But a bad man's gotta pay once in a while [00:39.32] [00:41.38]Did your utmost to perfect the perfect crime [00:45.62] [00:46.87]Was apprehended in the phone booth stealing dimes [00:52.17] [00:54.21]Tried a thousand schemes and nothing made you rich [00:58.71] [00:59.26]Well every endeavor never fails to have a hitch [01:05.02] [01:06.90]Here's the place be quick it's time to face the music [01:11.63] [01:12.69]Cause the bad man's gotta steal to stay alive [01:16.01] [01:19.33]Now you're low and low is wearing mighty thin [01:28.19] [01:28.96]Yes you're low you're high and then you're low again [01:39.87] [01:42.59]You have precisely half a dozen phony names [01:46.91] [01:48.74]You've got no mercy and Lord knows you got no shame [01:53.79] [01:55.34]There's no one home now can't you see the house is dark [01:59.52] [02:00.42]Driveway's empty where a car is usually parked [02:06.78] [02:08.01]Now's the time to go through any unlocked window [02:12.49] [02:13.86]Cause a bad man's gotta earn a living too [02:17.37] [02:20.45]Now you're down and down and down is where they have you pinned [02:29.46] [02:30.11]Yes you're down you're up and then you're down again