A popular song from 1925
Words and music by Benny Davis, Larry Conley and Al Eldridge
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- No one loves you when you’re too good
Just like a babe in the wood
You’re always by your only, oh, so lonely
I’m so tired of being alone
Now when they call on the phone
I kinda make it known
Chorus
I’m just a little bit bad, a little bit bad
I don’t mean anything wrong
A little lovin’ now and then
Tho’ I shouldn’t, still who wouldn’t
A wee little kiss, means oceans of bliss
When you’ve been good for so long
Oh, isn’t it a shame and a crime
I feel like making up for lost time
I’m like a bird in a cage
That’s been in there for an age
Tryin’ to break out
I don’t know which way to turn
But I am willing to learn
What it’s all about
I’ve tried so hard to be good
Was misunderstood
I’m almost tempted to fall
I’m gonna write out an ad
“I’m just a little bit bad, that’s all”
- When I go to any affair
No one would know I was there
I’d sit like Jackie Horner, in a corner
Now since I have opened my eyes
Believe me I realize
It pays to advertise