Bad Company Lyrics
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[Verse 1]
Company always on the run
Destiny is a rising sun
Oh
I was born six-gun in my hand
Behind a gun
I'll make my final stand, hey
That's why they call me
[Chorus]
Bad company
And I can't deny
Bad company
'Til the day I die, oh
'Til the day I die
'Til the day I die
[Verse 2]
Rebel souls
Deserters we are called
Chose a gun
And threw away the sword
Now these towns
They all know our name
Six-gun sound is our claim to fame
I can hear them say
Bad company
And I won't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Oh, yeah
'Til the day I die
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Instrumental Break 02:38-03:08]
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Hey, hey, hey
Bad company
I can't deny
Bad company
'Til the day I die
What'd I say now?
It's bad company
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Bad company
'Til the day I die
Woah, yeah
[Outro]
Said I'm young and I'm free
Oh, but I'm-a bad company
That's the way I play, yeah
Dirty for dirty, heh
Oh, somebody double-cross me
Double-cross for double-cross
Yeah, we're bad company
Oh, the cold wind blowing, ah
Mmm yeah
About
In 1973, singer Paul Rodgers wanted to start anew after his hit band, Free, had broken up. He met guitarist Mick Ralph, who was already apart of the band Mott the Hoople, and the two hit it off immediately. Mick decided to leave Mott and form a new band with Rodgers.
From there, the two added former King Crimson bassist and vocalist Boz Burrell, and added drummer Simon Kirke, and thus, Bad Company was formed.
Their debut album self-titled Bad Company was a hit around the world, going platinum five times over.
We did interesting experiments like placing the vocal microphone way out in the fields for the song ‘Bad Company.’ We recorded that track late at night underneath a fall moon. – Paul Rodgers
It is one of only a few instances where the song, artist, and album have the same title.
Q&A
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“I got the idea of this dark, mysterious, vast expanse of the Wild West. This lawless, featureless area where you want to go out and try and settle. The chords seem to portray this feeling of being way out there, having to survive with yourself, with your family, however you could in a lawless world of nature.”
Paul Rodgers
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