I'm just a bad boy,
long long ways from home.
i'm just a bad boy,
long long ways from home.
but i ain't got nobody
to bury me when i'm dead and gone.

well i'm the cat that scratches
and i'm like a dog that bites.
i'll be your box of matches, baby,
when you need a light.

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I used to have a little girl,
only 16 years old,
but her mom and dad put me way out,
way out in the cold.

i can't stay here no longer,
my luck is running slow.
gotta keep on moving
but i ain't got no place to go.

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