Kim Mitchell - Bad Times lyrics

A pair of high heeled blues
Waiting just for me
The lights are red and the money's blue
She lives down by the railroad avenue
And the same old dance steps
To the same old song take a one way ride
It doesn't last too long
It's a lifetime sentence and no
One ever gets free
Because she got the diamonds
And I got disease

Might as well laugh 'cause you can't dance
When you're on your knees begging for mercy
I can see you're havin' bad times
O-o-o-o so bad nothing rhymes
I can see you're havin' bad times
Only one more line before it starts to unwind
I can see you're havin' bad times
So bad so bad so bad nothing rhymes
I can see you're havin' bad times
She's like a lying politician
At election time

Front page headline and it's all bad news
A stiletto heeled version of
The walking blues
All fancy wrapping but nothing's inside
There's no bargain prices for
A downhill ride
Sweet sweet poison dressed in ermine and lace
And the weatherman's calling for
Champagne and rain
Always center stage at the scene of the crime
A cruel joke dressed up just like a valentine

So you might as well laugh
'cause you can't dance
When you're on your knees begging for mercy

I can see you're havin' bad times
O-o-o-o so bad nothing rhymes
I can see you're havin' bad times
She's no misdemeanor she's a felony crime
I can see you're havin' bad times
O-o-o-o so bad so bad nothing rhymes
I can see you're havin' bad times
One day in her hard books
Is like doing bad time

Funny how you always want it
Just one more time when she wins
That's when you lose
On a good day you'll walk away
Still wearing your old shoes

I can see you're havin' bad times
Oh so bad nothing rhymes
I can see you're havin' bad times
She's all fancy wrapping
But nothing's inside
I can see you're havin' bad times
There ain't no bargain prices
For a downhill ride

I can see you're havin' bad times
O-o-o-o so bad
I can see you're havin' bad times
She's all fancy wrapping
But nothing's inside
I can see you're havin' bad times
O-o-o-o so bad so bad nothing rhymes
I can see you're havin' bad times