Bad To Be Good Lyrics - Open Up & Say...ahh! - Poison

There's an alley cat slowly walkin' down a dirty street 

Watching a cop on the take marching to his city beat 

You got five fingers Johnny stealing everything in sight 

You gotta be bad to be good in the dead of the night 

Wow, kick it 

You're dancing in fire, baby 

When you're takin' it to the streets yeah to the streets 

Better watch your back baby, better be fast on your feet 

Yes on your feet 

'Cause they're wheelin' dealin' cheatin' stealin' 

Child you're gonna learn 

You gotta be bad to be good 

If you know what I'm talkin' about 

What's that so say it again 

You gotta be bad to be good 

In the dead of the night 

When you got nothin' baby 

You got nothin' to lose, nothin' to lose 

It's an eye for an eye baby 

And a tooth for a tooth, ain't it the truth 

If you got nine lives you might survive 

'Cause nothings free on the other side 

You gotta be bad to be good 

If you know what I'm talkin' about 

What's that so say it again 

You gotta be bad to be good 

In the dead of the night 

Wheelin' dealin' cheatin' stealin' just to stay alive 

I've got love for sale, yes for sale 

On the New York subway line 

Watch the working girls hanging out 

Turning tricks underneath the lights, oh the lights 

One step from hell the poor men sell their soul 

For a taste of wine 

You gotta be bad to be good 

If you know what I'm talkin' about 

What's that so say it again 

You gotta be bad to be good 

If you know what I'm talkin' about 

What's that so say it again 

You gotta be bad to be good 

Bad to be good 

You gotta be bad to be good 

Bad to be good 

What's that so say it again 

When it's said and done and you're on the run 

And the only law comes under the gun