There’s a badman that I once knew   His heart was black and his blood was blue   Badman comin’ for you   He’d sell his wife for a dollar or two    To be a rich man with many maids    He’s got eyes like hand grenades    He had a good woman    In the palm of his hand   Until she left him for another man      (Now he’s a) Bad, badman    You bad, badman    You gotta do what you can    When you’re a badman      He’s a badman and that’s the truth    The devil’s law don’t need no proof    He’s a jealous man, all alone    A motel room is not a home    Helpless man, he fell ill    He was prescribed a fatal pill    Now he’s a dead man   His heart’s still black   His only love stabbed him in the back      (Now he’s a) Bad, badman    You bad, badman    You gotta do what you can    When you’re a badman      The Lord knows everybody can be a badman every once in a while.   That's alright, you badman.      Now he’s a bad, badman    You're a bad, badman    You gotta do what you can   When you're a bad badman   You're a bad badman   You're a bad badman   You got to do what you can    When you're a badman