Eric Clapton

Songwriter: Mike Vannice Robert Cray

Producer: Tom Dowd Phil Collins

[Verse 1]
You used me to get you anything you wanted
Oh, but I'm a changed man now, baby
And your other friend can get you what you want now
If I go through those same things again
I'll be worse off than I started

[Chorus]
Oh, you're such a bad influence
Baby, you've got ways to make me do what you want
Girl, you're such a bad influence
I've got to stay away

[Verse 2]
I've been hurtin' in all of the worst kind of ways
And it's you, pretty baby
I've just got to stay away from
I won't go through those same things again
I'm so glad that we parted

[Chorus]
Yea, you're such a bad influence
And you've got ways to make me do what you want
Girl, you're such a bad influence
I've got to stay away

[Verse 3]
Somebody please, you've got to help me break away
You know I don't like this lonely feeling
It wasn't meant to be this way
I won't go through those same things again
I'm so glad we parted

[Chorus]
Girl, you're such a bad influence
And you have got ways to make me do what you want
Babe, you're such a bad influence
I've got to stay away from you, girl

[Outro]
You're such a bad influence
And I have got to stay away
You're such a bad influence
I've got to stay away from you, baby
I've got to stay away

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, (born 30 March 1945) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and fourth in Gibson’s “Top 50 Guitarists of All Time”.

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