Released: August 30, 1959
Songwriter: Smokey Robinson Berry Gordy
Producer: Smokey Robinson Berry Gordy
[Verse 1]
She's not a bad girl
Because she made me see
How love could be
But she's a bad girl
Because she wants to be free
She wants to be free
[Verse 2]
She's not a bad girl to look at
Finer than fine
Said she was mine, mine, mine
But she's a bad girl
Because it was only a lie
[Bridge]
I, I, I beg to the birds about the girl I admired
It brought me out to find out
She was bad and my only wish is that
I wish I could make a (Bad girl to be good)
[Verse 3]
She wasn't a bad girl, girl at first
So good at the start
But now, now we must part
Oh yes, she's bad girl
Because she's breaking my heart
So, so, so bad, she's breaking my heart
She's not a bad girl
Because she made me see
How love could be
But she's a bad girl
Because she wants to be free
She wants to be free
[Verse 2]
She's not a bad girl to look at
Finer than fine
Said she was mine, mine, mine
But she's a bad girl
Because it was only a lie
[Bridge]
I, I, I beg to the birds about the girl I admired
It brought me out to find out
She was bad and my only wish is that
I wish I could make a (Bad girl to be good)
[Verse 3]
She wasn't a bad girl, girl at first
So good at the start
But now, now we must part
Oh yes, she's bad girl
Because she's breaking my heart
So, so, so bad, she's breaking my heart
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