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Bad Example Lyrics
[Chorus]
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prim and propers what not to do
Nobody 'round here wants to ramble
What the hell that's what I was born to do
[Verse 1]
Those swanky big brick houses don't amuse me
I live in a trailer but I drive a Cadillac
I ain't never tried to impress nobody
My honk if you're horny sticker on the back
[Chorus]
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prim and propers what not to do
Nobody 'round here wants to ramble
What the hell that's what I was born to do
[Verse 2]
All the girls that I grew up with went to college
Their rich daddies bought them a degree
But I'm a third generation bar tender
Yeah and I like living from a tip jar week to week
[Chorus]
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prim and propers what not to do
Nobody 'round here wants to ramble
What the hell that's what I was born to do
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prim and propers what not to do
Nobody 'round here wants to ramble
What the hell that's what I was born to do
[Verse 1]
Those swanky big brick houses don't amuse me
I live in a trailer but I drive a Cadillac
I ain't never tried to impress nobody
My honk if you're horny sticker on the back
[Chorus]
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prim and propers what not to do
Nobody 'round here wants to ramble
What the hell that's what I was born to do
[Verse 2]
All the girls that I grew up with went to college
Their rich daddies bought them a degree
But I'm a third generation bar tender
Yeah and I like living from a tip jar week to week
[Chorus]
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prim and propers what not to do
Nobody 'round here wants to ramble
What the hell that's what I was born to do
Somebody had to set a bad example
Teach all the prim and propers what not to do
Nobody 'round here wants to ramble
What the hell that's what I was born to do
I said what the hell that's what I was born to do
Teach all the prim and propers what not to do
Nobody 'round here wants to ramble
What the hell that's what I was born to do
I said what the hell that's what I was born to do
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In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #108 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
‘Nobody around here wants to ramble,’ sing the Pistol Annies on ‘Bad Example,’ a track from their 2011 debut LP Hell on Heels. “What the hell, that’s what I was born to do.” With Carter Family-caliber harmonies, Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley made ‘Bad Example’ a lyrically mischievous ode to the country shuffle that found three of the best working songwriters at the top of their game, yet perfectly willing to topple Music Row conventions.
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Release Date
August 23, 2011
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