Bad Reputation
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Contact Publisher - Woody Guthrie Publications/BMG Chrysalis

I fell in love with the sweetest gal
In all this big wide nation
Her daddy won’t let me go with her
‘'Cause I’ve got a bad repetation

I can’t go with the gal I love
Now ain’t that thunderation?
She can’t run around with me
On account of my bad repetation

I kissed my gal in the dark last night
I got a sweet sensation
But I can’t kiss her in the light
On account of my bad repetation

When I go to see my gal
It’s a pretty tough situation
I’ve gotta crawl in at the window ‘cause
I’ve got a bad repetation

You can see the trouble I’m in
It’s a pretty tough situation
Try to make love to a high class gal
When I’ve got a bad repetation

I get so all fired tangled up
It’s a lot of aggravation
I think someday I’ll catch me a train
Leave my bad repetation

It seems like everywhere I go
I get no consolation
Right behind I’ll always find
My longtime bad repetation



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