Bad news travels like wildfire Good news travels slow They all call me Wildfire Cause everybody knows I'm bad news Everywhere I go Always gettin'into trouble And leavin'little girls that hate to see me go They tried to hang me in Oakland And they did in Francisco But I won't choke I broke the rope And they had to let me go Cause I'm bad news Everywhere I go Always gettin'into trouble And leavin'little girls that hate to see me go Now from north to south East to west the story is the same From one state to another I have to change me name Cause I'm bad news Everywhere I go Always gettin'into trouble And leavin'little girls that hate to see me go Well now I picked peaches in Georgia I lumberjacked in Maine I've been hired fired and jailed In any town you can name Cause I'm bad news Everywhere I go Always gettin'into trouble And leavin'little girls that hate to see me go