Bad Name

You told me to be honest in my songs, well here I go
Didn't you hear me when I said "Stop," when I said "NO!"
Manipulate me with your crafty words
Satan's tongue is quick
Everything'll be alright
If I just let you dictate
Where the night's gonna go
Even after I said no, no please, I told you no!
What are you, deaf? Deaf? Deaf?
I didn't think so
So why'd you have to keep insisting?
Manly urges I suppose?
What a joke
Can't even look myself in the mirror today
Maybe it's my "Catholic guilt"
Maybe it's my shame
Must be 'cause I'm "such a tortured soul,"
You're "doing me a favor"
Helping me to give up control
How can I repay you?
You would never wrong me, right? The choice was mine to make
What about what you did last night?
Or was it my mistake? Maybe that's exactly what you want
For me to take the blame
If you just want to give me pleasure
How come all I feel is pain?

Thought you were one of the good guys, nice guys
Why'd I fall for you?
Guess you're just one of the bad guys, disguised
Tell me it's not true
If I could pick myself up off the ground, I'd try to love again
But guys like you give
Guys a bad name

I looked at you with admiration
Your story so unique
I love to listen to you anytime you choose to speak
Or better yet, hear you on a beat
Flowing through metaphors and similes
Similar we believe in much of the same
Mother Africa
Our love of God, or Allah
What's in a name? We give Him praise
And hold Him close to our hearts
It's a start
See I believed we could have really had it all
When we first met, I couldn't believe
That we could talk for so long
Hours sitting opposite each other innocently
Until the sun rose up
Signaling time for me to leave
What a relief you didn't try anything
Made me want you more
At that time I was sure
You were one of the good guys
Till I came to find out
You already had a wife
Then there were fights
But over time it was healed
We waited years
Something wasn't ever quite right
I had my fears
Guess it was obvious that this was going to end in tears

Thought you were one of the good guys, nice guys
Why'd I fall for you?
Guess you're just one of the bad guys, disguised
Tell me it's not true
If I could pick myself up off the ground, I'd try to love again
But guys like you give
Guys a bad name

Open my eyes to the light of the rising sun
Give me peace in my mind now that this is done
Set me free from my lies and forgive my wrongs
On my knees now I pray
Give me a sign everything's gonna be alright
So that I can move on and forget last night
I've been haunted by thoughts filling up my mind
Lord I need an escape

Thought you were one of the good guys, nice guys
Why'd I fall for you?
Guess you're just one of the bad guys, disguised
Tell me it's not true
If I could pick myself up off the ground, I'd try to love again
But guys like you give
Guys a bad name

You're giving guys a bad name
You're giving guys a bad name
Bad name, bad name
Giving guys a bad name
Giving guys a bad name
Giving guys a bad name
Bad name, bad name, bad name