Bad To The Bone

by George Thorogood recording of 1982 from Bad To The Bone (EMI E2-46083) & Live (EMI E2-46329) & The Baddest Of George Thorogood And The Destroyers (EMI E2-97718 or Capitol 97718) On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found The head nurse spoke up, and she said leave this one alone She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone Bad to the bone Bad to the bone B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone B-B-B-B-Bad B-B-B-B-Bad Bad to the bone I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone Bad to the bone B-B-B-Bad B-B-B-Bad B-B-B-Bad Bad to the bone I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone B-B-B-B-Bad B-B-B-B-Bad B-B-B-B-Bad Bad to the bone

 

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