Hanging Out with All the Wrong People

[Verse 1]

Well, it was many moons ago

That I just did what I was told

When I was hanging out with all the wrong people

I stole a car, I robbed a bank

I syphoned gas out of a tank

I made decisions some would call illegal

It all came catching up to me

Right at the age of twenty-three

I met the consequence of reckless ego

They cuffed my hands, sent me to jail

Then gave me twenty months, no bail

Said I'd been hanging out with all the wrong people

[Chorus]

Hanging out with all the wrong people

I was hanging out with all the wrong people

And if I'm never seen again

Please tell my wife and tell my friends

That I was hanging out with all the wrong people, oh

[Verse 2]

Well, a long, long time ago

There was a guy I used to know

That said he fell in love for all the wrong reasons

She got the house, she took the cat

She got the shirt right off his back

And now she's living in the Caribbean

There was a girl from down the road

Who had a heart as pure as gold

Friends took her to a church in San Francisco

They promised love, eternal life

All for a very special price

Then drained her savings till she blew the whistle

[Chorus]

Hanging out with all the wrong people

I was hanging out with all the wrong people

And if I'm never seen again

Please tell my wife and tell my friends

That I was hanging out with all the wrong people

Hanging out with all the wrong people

I was hanging out with all the wrong people

They told me time and time again

To watch my back or I'll regret

Sometimes intentions are just downright evil

[Bridge]

(Hoo) People

(Hoo) All the wrong people

(Hoo) People

(Hoo) Oh!

[Verse 3]

I tell ya now as I look back

Driving my brand-new Cadillac

I'm still a criminal but selling fiction

I'm stealing votes and taking bribes

To hide my mistress on the side

I've found my calling as a politician

[Chorus]

Hanging out with all the wrong people

I was hanging out with all the wrong people

And if I'm never seen again

Please tell my wife and tell my friends

That I was hanging out with all the wrong people

Hanging out with all the wrong people

I was hanging out with all the wrong people

They told me time and time again

To watch my back or I'll regret

Sometimes intentions are just downright evil

[Outro]

They told me time and time again

"You'll end up broke and left for dead

If you keep hanging out with all the wrong people"