Bad Angel

Wrote 'Bad Angel' in 1974.

This version, which remains faithful to the original melody and 'feel' of the original, was created in June 2026.

"I work hard to get somewhere,
But you've got to be single-minded.
Good times, loose women and a gambler's luck,
Ain't where you're gonna find it, oh,
It ain't where you're gonna find it.

A woman can help a man,
I believe that's true.
But the woman who I know could help me, well,
It ain't what she wants to do.
It ain't what she wants to do.

Oh, there's a bad, bad angel following me.
Well, there's a bad, bad angel following me.

The gambler, well, he gets nowhere,
This gambler gets there faster.
Always seem to see my dreams
Ending in disaster.
Ending in disaster.

There's a bad, bad angel following me.
Yes, there's a bad, bad angel following me.

Oh, bad angel don't you do this to me.
Living is hard enough without you adding to my misery!

Why don't you leave me alone?
Why don't you pick on someone new?
You've been following me so long,
Why, I can't mean that much to you!

Oh, that bad angel, laughing behind the scenes,
What have you done with all my dreams?

The good times they were elusive,
I could never pin 'em down at all.
With that bad, bad angel at my back,
Itching to see me fall.
Itching to see me fall.

There's that bad, bad angel following me.
Well, there's this bad, bad angel following me."