Bad news travels like wildfire
Good news travels slow
They all call me Wildfire
Cause everybody knows
I'm b ad news
Everywhere I g o
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