Down by the river the corn is creepin I cry for my lover my lover's sleepin Bad as it gets gotten worse I wanna run Had to learn to crawl The house on fire the treaty's broken I call for the law the law is a token As bad as it gets it's gotten worse I wanna run I had to learn to crawl This trip is the worst I don't mean maybe I call for the captain She cries like a baby As bad as it gets it's gotten worse I wanna run I had to learn to crawl first Bye-bye Bye-bye baby my friend Bye-bye! Bye-bye baby and she cries and she cries and she... and then she... I mighta not known I mighta not guessed I mighta been fine if she'd never confessed As bad as it gets it's gotten worse I wanna run I had to learn to crawl Bye-bye Bye-bye baby my friend Bye-bye! Bye-bye baby It's time to leave but I don't know when