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The song takes the question of "why are women attracted to bad boys" and asks why. Sung from a male perspective, the question is turned around. The singer is attracted to a "bad girl" and is asking why is she called "bad". Who is saying (sexual liberation) is bad and why? Maybe it's good for me.
It begins with the singer looking at all of the judgments surrounding the "bad girl" and it ends with the singer looking at how he might be judged and asking whether he cares or not.
I am not happy with the bridge. I wrote the song in 2007 and it has never felt complete. I think the ending could be stronger, but I haven't found a way to do it. I love the chorus, but I wonder if there are too many of them.
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They say that you’re a bad girl
They say that you’re a bad, bad girl
I hear that you’re a bad, bad girl
But maybe you are good for me
You don’t care what others say
You don’t give all your power away
To the self- righteous voices
The way you look - the way you walk
Who cares if those people talk
About hell in a hurry?
::chorus::
They’d tie you down with a book of rules
you make ‘em look like a bunch of fools
In a cage of their making
I like the way you’re in their face
A challenge to their fragile faith
Of divine retribution
::chorus::
The wicked cheer, the righteous pray
The faithful and the fallen claim
Once again, victory is ours
Come with us. Stay with me
I need to find some clarity
Stop mocking me with that knowing smile
::chorus::
I don’t know what to do
I’m caught up in a mental glue
Of a self-imposed prison
There is bound to be a cost
Either way there is a loss
If I play or ignore the rules
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Walt,
Thanks for sharing this. Happy to have you on Frettie. I really like the chorus to this. And the way you start the song off with it. It’s really nice. It immediately pulled me into the song.
The music is also really intriguing. I’d agree the bridge does feel a tad out of place to the rest of the song. I too think that this song would be cool to just end on the chorus and fade out.
It is kind of hard to explain, but the way the song starts it feel like it appears in my ear as if it was playing in a car passing by, and for it to end similar may be interesting. I’m not sure why I feel that way, but it has a feel to it that it could keep going and going.
I like it.
December 30, 2013
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Dennis Field
Walt,
Thanks for sharing this. Happy to have you on Frettie. I really like the chorus to this. And the way you start the song off with it. It’s really nice. It immediately pulled me into the song.
The music is also really intriguing. I’d agree the bridge does feel a tad out of place to the rest of the song. I too think that this song would be cool to just end on the chorus and fade out.
It is kind of hard to explain, but the way the song starts it feel like it appears in my ear as if it was playing in a car passing by, and for it to end similar may be interesting. I’m not sure why I feel that way, but it has a feel to it that it could keep going and going.
I like it.
December 30, 2013
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