Bad Girl Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Something's missing and I don't know why
I always feel the need to hide my feelings from you
Is it me or you that I'm afraid of?
I tell myself I'll show you what I'm made of
Can't bring myself to let you go

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't want to cause you any pain
But I love you just the same
And you'll always be my baby
In my heart, I know we've come apart
And I don't know where to start
What can I do?
I don't wanna feel blue

[Chorus]
Bad girl drunk by six
Kissing someone else's lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I'm not happy when I act this way
Bad girl drunk by six
Kissing some kind stranger's lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I'm not happy
I'm not happy
[Verse 2]
Something's happened and I can't go back
I fall apart every time you hand your heart out to me
What happens now? I know I don't deserve you
I wonder how I'm ever gonna hurt you
Can't bring myself to let you go

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't wanna cause you any pain
But I love you just the same
And you'll always be my baby
In my heart, I know we've come apart
And I don't know where to start
What can I do?
I don't wanna feel blue

[Chorus]
Bad girl drunk by six
Kissing someone else's lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I'm not happy when I act this way
Bad girl drunk by six
Kissing some kind stranger's lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I'm not happy
I'm not happy this way
[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't want to cause you any pain
But I love you just the same
And you'll always be my baby
In my heart, I know we've come apart
And I don't know where to start
What can I do?
I don't wanna feel blue

[Chorus]
Bad girl drunk by six
Kissing someone else's lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I'm not happy when I act this way
Bad girl drunk by six
Kissing someone else's lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I'm not happy when I act this way
I'm not happy this way
Bad girl drunk by six (Not happy this way)
Kissing someone else's lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I'm not happy when I act this way
Bad girl drunk by six
Kissing someone else's lips
Smoked too many cigarettes today
I'm not happy
I'm not happy this way
[Outro]
I'm not happy this way
Kissing some kind stranger's lips

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Genius Annotation

“Bad Girl” was the third single released from Erotica. Despite pleasing the critics, the song achieved moderate chart success, peaking at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 (but reaching the top 10 for a week in UK).

In the Baltimore Sun, music critic J. D. Considine wrote:

‘[Bad Girl]’ is hardly a celebration of loose living, and given the anything-goes image Madonna has cultivated, it may seem somewhat out of character for the singer. Look closer, though, and the message behind ‘Bad Girl’ fits quite nicely with the rest of the [Erotica] album. Because as much as the single ‘Erotica’ may insist that ‘There’s a certain satisfaction / In a little bit of pain’ Madonna understands that the playful punishment of S&M seems trifling when compared to the heart-rending anguish of a bad relationship. And that kind of pain she doesn’t need.

The music video, directed by David Fincher, with whom Madonna had worked a few times before, shows the singer as a powerful Manhattan executive who has many one-night stands with a variety of men — ultimately being murdered by one of them. It features American actor Christopher Walken as some kind of guardian angel to Madonna.

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