Bad news travels like wild fire good news travels slow 
They all call me 
Ol' Wildfire cause everybody knows 
That I'm bad news everywhere 
I go hm hm always gettin' in trouble ha ha 
And leaving little girls who hate to see me go 
Well I've picked peaches in 
Georgia I lumberjacked up in 
Maine I've been hired and fired and jailed in any state you can name 
Cause I'm bad news everywhere 
I go Always gettin' in trouble ha ha ha and leaving little girls who hate to see me go 
From north to south from east to west the story is the same 
From one state to the other 
I have to change my name 
Cause I'm bad news yeah everywhere 
I go Yeah 
I'm always a gettin' in trouble ha ha ha 
And leavin' little girls who hate to see me go 
Well they tried to hang me up in 
Oakland and they did in 
San Frisco 
But I wouldn't choke and 
I broke their rope and they had to let me go 
Cause I'm bad news everywhere 
I go Always gettin' in trouble ha ha ha and leaving little girls who hate to see me go