Lyrics:

Bad news travels like wildfire
Good news travels slow
They all call me 'Wildfire'
Everybody knows
Hell, I'm bad news
Everywhere I go

Always gettin' in trouble
And leavin' them girls that hate to see me go
They tried to hang me in Oakland
And they did in Francisco
But I wouldn't choke, hell no, I broke that rope
They had to let me go

Son, I'm bad news
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' in trouble
And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go

Well, from north to south and east to west
The story's all the same
One state to another
I had to change my name

I'm bad news
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' in trouble
And leavin' them girls that hate to see me go

I picked the peaches in Georgia
I lumberjacked in Maine
Well, I've been hired fired and jailed
In any town you can name

Son, I'm bad news
Everywhere I go
Always gettin' in trouble
And leavin' them girls that hate to see me go