Bad Repetation - Woody Guthrie

I fell in love with the sweetest gal

In all this big wide nation

Her daddy won’t let me go with her

'Cause I’ve got a bad repetation

I can’t go with the gal I love

Now ain’t that thunderation?

She can’t run around with me

On account of my bad repetation

I kissed my gal in the dark last night

I got a sweet sensation

But I can’t kiss her in the light

On account of my bad repetation

When I go to see my gal

It’s a pretty tough situation

I’ve gotta crawl in at the winder

'Cause I’ve got a bad repetation

You can see the trouble I’m in

It’s a pretty tough situation

Tryin' to make love to a high class gal

When I’ve got a bad repetation

I get so tangled up

It’s a lot of aggravation

I think someday I’ll catch me a train

Leave my bad repetation

It seems like everywhere I go

I get no consolation

Right behind I’ll always find

My long-time bad repetation