Johnny Cash - Bad News Lyrics






Ha ha ha come on bad news ha ha
Well bad news travels like wild fire goodnews travels slow
They all call me Wildfire ha ha cause everybody knows
I'm bad news everywhere I go
Always gettin' in a trouble and leaving little girls that hate to see me go
They tried to hang me in Oakland and the did in Francisco
But I wouldn't choke I broke their rope and they had to let me go
Cause I'm bad news everywhere I go
Always gettin' in a trouble and leaving little girls that hate to see me go
Now from north to south east to west the story is the same
From one state to another I have to change my name
Cause I'm bad news everywhere I go
Always gettin' in a trouble and leaving little girls that hate to see me go

Well now I've picked peaches in Georgia I lumberjacked in Maine
I've been hired fired and jailed in any town you can name
Cause I'm bad news everywhere I go
Always gettin' in a trouble and leaving little girls that hate to see me go





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  1. C.... S....

    My dear grandfather john.

  2. O.... ....

    The Whitey Morgan recording kicks ass too. Different interpretation of the same great song.

  3. p.... s....

    There will only ever be one Johnny cash beautiful soul and great tunes x x pommm x x x x x

  4. S.... Y....

    The perfect song for Johnny Cash, and he absolutely nails it! That crazy laugh and snorting sound like he’s high on coke. A true American icon.

  5. f.... ....

    This is the best kind of J cash

  6. C.... G....

    the only drug cash did was pills

    C.... G....

    That was ENOUGH!

  7. S.... Y....

    That face! Looks like 1930’s bank robber!

  8. G.... W....

    Lmfao fucking right😂 June singing in the back probably pissed but laughing inside lol

  9. B.... S....

    Seine Lache war gut 😂😂

  10. c.... ....

    love johnny but whitey morgan destroys this original. dont believe me. search whitey morgan bad news. youre welcome

    c.... ....

    Idiotic comment all around. This wasn't even the original, lmao!

  11. O.... T....

    I love Johnny but I gotta say, whitey Morgan done this song better
    (my opinion) 🍻

    O.... T....

    Your opinion sucks in my opinion. Johnny's cover is better than his cover...

  12. b.... ....

    He acts strange in this song

  13. W.... R....

    Love the song,Gangster photo,excellent😀

  14. J.... N....

    U go John! Bad son a bitch

  15. N.... S....

    haha This guy was high as shit

  16. S.... D....

    Ahhh amphetamines lol

  17. g.... m....

    I think those Cocaine blues had him .

  18. D.... V....

    Great song and performance!

  19. J.... R....

    good shit

  20. d.... ....

    I'm a country girl me and my dad love this

  21. n.... w....

    johnny R.I.P

  22. d.... ....

    I love Jonny cash he is the best I love country music

  23. J.... R....

    CNN's theme song.

    J.... R....

    HLN IS ALWAYS BAD NEWS TOO FORENSIC FILES AND ALL THAT TRASH SALUTE TO TROOPS IS ONLY GOOD PART

    J.... R....

    CHRISTI PAUL IS THE BEST THING

    J.... R....

    Jimmy Rose that's funny

    J.... R....

    LOL You know it Thanks,Keith Boring as hell too

  24. S.... K....

    Snoop Dogg does cannabis and gets called a bad ass. Johnny was on proper hard drugs. A true Rebel and Bad Ass. R.I.P Lord J.R.Cash

  25. S.... Y....

    Wow, what a portrait of Johnny Cash! He looks like a mafia hit man!

  26. T.... ....

    Any other songs with Johnny acting all strange like this? I love it

    T.... ....

    Try his record "Everybody loves a nut". It's full of songs like that.

    T.... ....

    Sam Hall (1965)

    T.... ....

    Try his covee of "the battle of bull Run"

  27. J.... F....

    Could be the theme song of Negan

    J.... F....

    James Flames it fits him perfectly

  28. b.... n....

    johnny cash is epic

  29. L.... A....

    dig this tune.

    L.... A....

    Lisa A. Dig you gal. Let's dance and do some romance maybe even in France but first have to prance if you ever get the chance. Haha

    L.... A....

    @DealReal12 Crickets...

  30. P.... H....

    I tried to write one for him? "A so long to Johnny cash song" on www.youtube.com paulhenrydallaire

  31. m.... s....

    love the chuckle

  32. M.... B....

    great stuff from "THE MAN IN BLACK"

  33. M.... ....

    Bad boy.

  34. c.... r....

    yeaaaaaa

  35. n.... ....

    I like to think Johnny Cash snorted a bit of coke before doing this one :D everything he does is intense, even that sniffle xD

    n.... ....

    Could be haha. He could have been a little strange sometimes, I know he was when I saw him in 62. (Chuckle)

    n.... ....

    Well he did amphetamines so yeah

    n.... ....

    He's clearly off his tits...

    n.... ....

    He was into pills not coke. It was Waylon Jennings (Cash's roommate) who was into coke. ;)

    n.... ....

    Of course I hate to think he didn't

  36. J.... S....

    THIS is what a bad ass sounds like! Not like these retarded rappers.

  37. S.... C....

    Bad ol Cash

  38. S.... M....

    GTA V HUH?

    S.... M....

    +Oliver Hviid bad news was going to be in gta but they cut it out

    S.... M....

    +The 1337 Haxor aaa www what?! But they out in general lee...

    S.... M....

    They also have the Highwayman in there as well.

    S.... M....

    Johnny Cash

  39. E.... H....

    Great Cash Song very under appreciated Fine Tune Thanks,Keith in Ct GOODUN

    E.... H....

    ERNIE HAMMOND Actually it's a John D. Loudermilk song who also recorded it first and his version is even better than Johnny's can you believe. It's true. Look for it on YT and Spotify.

  40. F.... ....

    They tried to hang me in Oakland.... and they did! XD

  41. w.... ....

    I Met Johnny Cash IN 1969

    w.... ....

    @Kenny Dobbins how?

    w.... ....

    @robmatt125​ He is a distant cousin of mine and I have been talking to him personally over the phone for 7 years. I have his personal home hophone number and his address.

    w.... ....

    waltnow well I bet that is something you never will forget!

    w.... ....

    🛡️Amazing 😍💪🏻😍🛡️

    w.... ....

    Did you have a wild time

  42. L.... P....

    Johnny is the best,i hate everyone who disrespect him,i must say.

    L.... P....

    You shouldn't hate anyone.

    L.... P....

    Lembit Punapart i am with you on that.
    first time i heard it.
    and i know there has got to be more unreleased songs out there

    L.... P....

    Kenny Dobbins yeah but its ok on this.
    if you don't like cash
    then you kiss my ass

  43. N.... P....

    Never been a big country fan but I always remember this song from my dad's record collection. It's classic. Now that I've heard it again after all these years I gonna start getting into more country. Especially cash.

    N.... P....

    I'm not a big country music fan either, but I do like "Outlaw" country, like Cash, Waylan Jennings and Merle Haggard, some Willie Nelson as well.

    N.... P....

    Naked Planet well good boy. Now pick up that new John D. Loudermilk tribute album by various artists. John D wrote and originally recorded this song. As much as I super love Johnny Cash and met him twice once hanging out with him for 20 minutes alone, John D. Loudermilk does the best version of this song but Johnny's obviously is superb as well.

    N.... P....

    Nope, Cash's version is the best.

  44. i.... ....

    It's off his "I walk the line" album 1964

  45. R.... S....

    thank you Johny

  46. S.... j....

    We love that song, that is sooo right, bad news travels fast !!!

  47. F.... B....

    Been performing this since '69.with a sightly heavier Mowtown feel.

  48. s.... ....

    when was this recorded??

  49. K.... A....

    Fantastical!

  50. G.... T....

    haha that werent no cold

  51. C.... S....

    Geez, it's a shame he had such a bad cold or whatever it was that day... hear him constantly snorting and snuffling?

    (Tee-hee-hee!)
    Good old JR had a great sense of humor!!!

  52. M.... M....

    What a cool song, I don't think I've ever heard Johnny do this and can't imagine anyone else doing it as good. Thanks for this super post and I'm grateful to my good friend Tuks for the share. Now I'll be hitting that replay button a few more times, it's great being able to listen to JC while I'm sipping my coffee this morning.

  53. a.... ....

    Cause I'm bad news, everywhere I go...hehehe :-)

  54. T.... O....

    great song :) nice one Johnny

  55. J.... ....

    @craps2010 EVERYTHING's louder than milk!!!

  56. J.... ....

    johnny cash is the only guy ik that can pull off a mullet ha, such a badass

  57. T.... ....

    Fun song!:D

  58. M.... ....

    I wish he were still here because a lot of people in the music industry need their asses kicked.

    M.... ....

    Agreed.

  59. M.... ....

    johnny cash i dont know when you sung this but here in year 2011 you just made me smile and laugh after a day of crying

  60. l.... ....

    Johnny Cahs used to bad news especially when he smashed a stage once!

  61. M.... B....

    This song makes me think about this girl name Chrissy I saw at iStars today cause whenever I see her there she is bad news especially she tells the staff of her troubled life.

  62. c.... j....

    all good

  63. D.... ....

    i love his laughing!

  64. T.... B....

    Oh yea Johnny Cash always did rock,we miss him,he truly was the man in black,he did so many awesome song,and this is one of em too,this is a really awesome channel and video of Johnny Cash the man in Black

  65. T.... ....

    always makes me smile!

  66. c.... ....

    @craismith Srry bro, but i will stick at John, lady GG is maby one of the most famous ppl at the moment but aint worth it to be compared to john. he went trough so mutch its just cheap to compare him to her.

    BTW they dont have anything in common

  67. c.... ....

    @craismith Srry bro, but i will stick at John, lady GG is maby one of the most famous ppl at the moment but aint worth it to be compared to john. he went trough so mutch its just cheap to compare him to her

  68. J.... C....

    LOVE THIS SONG.. YOU ROCK JOHNNY...

  69. 4.... ....

    this is my favorite johnny cash song ....

  70. p.... ....

    @dragons2k100 huh i like him to and beachboys,buddyholly

  71. C.... ....

    Hahaha Johnny was'nt one of those Nashville Sound kinda guys. XD he came up with his own style as a matter of fact

  72. C.... ....

    Evilist Laugh Ever

  73. H.... ....

    great song, thanks so much! rip dear johnny, we sure miss you!

  74. M.... B....

    That laugh in the song is priceless and it was a John D. Loudermilk song.

  75. m.... ....

    That's actually Norman Blake on the dobro; Cash started using him on sessions in the late '50s and he appeared on most of the Columbia albums, playing a variety of instruments. Cash introduced Blake to Bob Dylan and he appeared on many Dylan recordings.

  76. u.... ....

    I think he dropped down to a low c (C2), at least. Maybe lower occasionally. Listen to him also at the end of his live performance of Casey Jones, right here on youtube.

  77. a.... ....

    Oh my, It's been years since I've heard this one my friend. I have to thank you muchly for sending me this. One of his best if I do say so.

  78. J.... ....

    I love it! Absolutely great! I love how low he drops his voice on "that hate to see me GO". Just awesome!

    J.... ....

    Johi2410 Bb1

  79. a.... ....

    whats his register for his voice

  80. u.... ....

    Well, maybe unusual is a better word? All irony and dark humor. Not exactly the usual sugary sweet Nashville song,you know. But gee, guess weird is not the word here, my mistake pal, can you ever forgive me? Love his vocals here. He was the best.

  81. u.... ....

    He hardly ever did this one on concerts, I think. It's a weird song, but shows how original he was.

  82. u.... ....

    Finally on YouTube. One of the greatest cynical and dark-humored songs by JC. Noone does that better!