Bad news baby knockin' on my door,
if I don't answer it's gonna to knock some more,
no escaping no matter where I go,
bad bad news bad news done hurt my soul

By the telephone it come by the mail,
but it sure did come baby without fail,
last night baby a friend called me on the telephone line,
blew my mind,
bad bad news bad news burnin' up the line

what I find I keep
when I lose I weep
since I lost you baby I been I been losin' sleep

Hear the Devil knockin' on the window pane,
thunder and lightnin' in the howlin rain,
dreams and visons oh dancin' deep inside,
blew my mind,
bad bad news bad news burnin' up the line
bad bad news bad news comin' down on the line