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Jack Johnson – Mediocre Bad Guys (2005) | Track profile | Dork

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Jack Johnson
On and On
Mediocre Bad Guys

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Mediocre Bad Guys

Release date: 28th February 2005

From On and On

Track 15

3:00

Pop Music Singer/Songwriter Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

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About This Track

"Mediocre Bad Guys" is a track by Jack Johnson, from the album On and On, released 28th February 2005. The track is 3:00 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson

Lyrics

Mediocre Bad Guys

Don't give me no comic book
Sad looks no more
Please don't use those same
Excuses you used before
You told yourself so
Many times it's okay
So eager to try
But you just don't know how to come back down
And now you beat me up and break me down
Hoping I don't come around
Kick me when I'm on the ground
Beat me up and break me down
Hoping I don't come around
Kick me when I'm on the ground (on the ground)
Oh how 'bout those people I know
That you know the ones I mean
Not so good not so bad
Only know what they have
And they have only what they've seen
Then the mediocre bad guys
Can really bring you down
They can't be defeated and you know
Never gonna come around
They just beat me up and break me down
Hoping I don't come around
Kick me when I'm on the ground
Beat me up and break me down
Hoping I don't come around
Kick me when I'm on the ground
They beat me up and break me down
Hoping I don't come around
Kick me when I'm on the ground (on the ground)
They beat me up and break me down
Hoping I don't come around
Kick me when I'm on the ground (on the ground)
They beat me up and break me down
Hoping I don't come around
Kick me when I'm on the ground (on the ground)
They beat me up and break me down
Hoping I don't come around
Kick me when I'm on the ground (on the ground)

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Track details

From On and On

3:002005

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Album

28th February 2005

Track number

15

Release year

2005

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3:59

8Holes To Heaven

9Dreams Be Dreams

10Tomorrow Morning

15Mediocre Bad Guys

3:00

16Symbol In My Driveway

—Times Like These

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Jack Johnson
Producer: Mario Caldato Jr.