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On Keith Levene’s bootleg of the This is What You Want sessions, Commercial Zone, the song was titled “Mad Max” and contained completely different lyrics. From an interview with John Lydon, 1984:
It was originally “Bad Life”, then it [became] “Mad Max”. There were two sets of lyrics, see, for the s...
[Verse 1]
Call me up after midnight
Tell me I'm wrong, tell me I'm right
What do you want, what do I get?
Did you just need the argument?
Well, bad life
Corporate city, lucky for some
Richest island in the sun
That's life
Name of the game, it's competition
Top of the pile, not demolition
This is what you want
This is what you get
Bad, bad
Bad, bad
Bad life
Bad life
[Verse 1]
Bad life
Bad, bad
Bad, bad
Bad life, bad
Bad life
Now this machine is on the move
The open road
I’m getting gasoline
Human gets dubious side
Well, that's life
Bad life
Now looking out for number one
The open road
I’m getting gasoline
The human gets dubious side
Well, that's life
Bad, bad, bad life
The human gets dubious snide
Well, that's life
This is what you want
This is what you get
This is what you want
This is what you get
This is what you want
This is what you get
(repeat...)
Bad Life was written by John Lydon & Keith Levene & Martin Atkins.
Bad Life was produced by John Lydon & Martin Atkins.