Now on the night I arrivednMy daddy said Sake's Alive!nIt's the meanest one that we've had yetnTeethed on tin and weaned on ginnI was nobody's teacher's petnnI grew up rough and meannIn my early teensnAnd I didn't want to go to schoolnI called no man SirnWork was a dirty wordnMy biggest kick was breakin' the rulesnnSo when you see me comin' get awaynthe ones that didn't ain't around todaynThe sweetest piece of lovin' any girl ever hadnI'm here to tell you boys I was born to be badnnBorn, Born to be badnI was BornnBorn to be badnnNow when I reached 21 I knew the time had comenI had that old ramblin' itchnBreaking little girls hearts I tore the world apartnA guitar playin' son of a (guitar)nnBorn to be badnThat is the story of my lifenDoin' things wrong was my way of doin' things rightnnNow when I'm gray and oldnAnd my story is toldnI know what the people will saynThey'll be glad to see me gonBut the little girls'll knownI was bad till my dyin' daynnSo when you see me comin' get awaynThe ones that didn't ain't around todaynThe sweetest piece of loving any girl ever hadnI'm here to tell you boys I was born to be badnnBorn, Born to be badnI was BornnBorn to be badnnBorn to be badnThat is the story of my lifenDoin' things wrong was my way of doin' things rightnnNow when I'm old and graynAnd I've had my daynI know what the people will donThey'll be glad to see me gonBut the little girls'll knownI was bad till the day I was ThroughnnSo when you see me comin' get awaynThe ones that didn't ain't around todaynThe sweetest piece of loving any girl ever hadnI'm here to tell you boys I was born to be badnnBorn, Born to be badnI was BornnBorn to be badnI was BornnBorn to be bad, yeahnnBad!