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Bad Influence Lyrics by Eric Clapton

August

1986

[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

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"Bad Influence" appears on "August" in 1986.

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