Bad News - Stoneground

Well, bad news travels like wildfire,

Good news travels slow.

They all call me wildfire

'Cause ev’rybody knows

I’m bad news, everywhere I go

Always gettin' in trouble

And a-leavin' little girls

That hate to see me go

They tried to hang me in Oakland

And they did in Francisco

But I wouldn’t choke, I broke the rope

And they had to let me go

'Cause I’m bad news, ev’rywhere I go

Always gettin' in trouble

nd leavin' little girls

That hate to see me go

Now, from North to South, to East to West

The story is the same

From one state to another

I have to change my name

'Cause I’m bad news, ev’rywhere I go

Always gettin' in trouble

And a-leavin' little girls

That sure hate to see me go

Well, now I picked peaches in Georgia

I lumberjacked in Maine

I’ve been hired, and fired, and jailed

Any town you can name

'Cause I’m bad news, ev’rywhere I go

Always gettin' into trouble

And a-leavin' little girls

That hate to see me go

(Acuff Rose)