Chorus: When we’re feeling down and low When our favorite word is “no” Cause it points the way to go Let’s be bad
Who knows what will come tomorrow Labor loose to sauce and sorrow Here’s some sugar you can borrow Let’s be bad
Don’t wanna be boring Our twenties are roaring Let’s manage the floor ring Yeah drummer man Do what you can To wag the hoo will hit the fan
If you need some more enticing Here’s the girl with twice the spicing We’re the cake but she’s the icing Let’s be bad Let’s be bad
Marilyn: If you say something is taboo Well that’s the thing I wanna do Do it till we’re black and blue Let’s be bad
Guns and gangsters suit me fine Al Capone is a buddy of mine He’s my big shot valentine Let’s be bad
His spirits are saggin’ His feet are a draggin’ Fall off of that wagon The piano hums to the bass and drums And I’ll be dancing when Hoover comes
Don’t care if you’ve tied the knot Most folks want what they ain’t got Melt the ice, some like it hot Let’s be bad
Here’s my whistle make it wetter Let me wear that scarlet letter When I’m bad I’m even better Let’s be bad
Say bye bye propriety No polite society Give me notoriety Let’s be bad
Bring on the vices Don’t care what the price is I’ll add the right spices When the stand up bass Slaps you in the face Well it ain’t my husband I’ll embrace
I can’t see the use in waiting Your lips are intoxicating Do my hips need some translating Let’s be bad
If I drown in baths of gin Notify my next of kin They might grieve or might jump in Let’s be bad
Who wants plays and O’Neill dramas Gershwin is the cat’s pajamas I’m the queen of the red hot mamas Let’s be bad
Each crook and G Man Is poppin He-man Just stick with me man If he tried to juke With my red hot yuke And just like Judas once said to Luke
Here’s the key for my ignition Hit the gas to my transmission When you hear the things i’m wishing You won’t offer opposition Let’s prohibit prohibition Let’s be bad Some like it hot and that ain’t bad