Bad News (Bear’s Sonic Journals: Live At The Carousel Ballroom, April 24 1968)

[Verse 1]
Well, bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow
They all call me Wildfire 'cause because everybody knows
I'm bad news everywhere I go

[Chorus]
Always getting in trouble and leaving 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 everywhere I go
Always getting in trouble and leaving little girls that hate to see me go
They tried to hang me in Oakland and the did in Francisco
But I wouldn't choke, I broke their rope and they had to let me go
Because I'm bad news everywhere I go
Well, from north to south, to east to west, story is the same
One state to another I have to change my name
'Cause I'm bad news everywhere I go
Always getting in trouble and leaving little girls that hate to see me go

[Verse 2]
Well, now I've picked peaches in Georgia, I lumber jacked in Maine
I've been hired, fired and jailed in any town you can name
Because I'm bad news everywhere I go
I'm always getting in trouble and leaving little girls that hate to see me go