Not Such A Bad Boy (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the Give My Regards To Broad Street (CD version) Official album.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1984

Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1983 (Paul McCartney was 41 years old)

Song facts

“Not Such A Bad Boy” is a song from the 1984 soundtrack album “Give My Regards To Broad Street“. This is one of the two songs specifically written for the movie, the other one being “No More Lonely Nights“.

A song written for the film. It’s a line Harry says, claiming he’s just manipulated. It nearly didn’t make it into the film, but Linda and Ringo really loved it and requested its reinstatement. So I said to Peter Webb that we would try it and if it didn’t work we would drop it. It worked out well in the end. All the stuff about lawyers and jails and teachers and women – it’s all sort of experiences of mine, slightly inflated.
Paul McCartney – From the “Give My Regards To Broad Street” book, Pavilion Books, 1984

“Not Such A Bad Boy” was demoed at the beginning of 1983 at AIR Studios.

The LP version directly crossfades to “No values“, as “So Bad” is omitted from the LP (and was inserted between “Not Such A Bad Boy” and “No Values” on the CD version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU7irf2wM4E

PAUL: Yeah… er, shall we try “Not Such a Bad Boy”
RINGO: Do we have to?
PAUL: Yeah! This time.
(PAUL counts the song in and the BAND performs “Not Such a Bad Boy”
MUSIC ENDS with a cymbol crash
RINGO: indistinguishible
PAUL: That’s great, that.
RINGO: Yeah, I know
PAUL: Yeah
RINGO: It’s about time you noticed.
(from Club Sandwich N°34, 1984)

Last updated on March 29, 2020

Lyrics

I laughed at the teachers
Who taught in my school
They kept one armed bandits in the swimming pool

They don't understand me
But they never will
And if was there I'd be telling them still

I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more
I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more

I followed the leader
Into her tent
But nobody told me that she owed some rent

She wanted to love me,
I wanted to go.
But she taught me things that I needed to know

I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more
I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more

She wanted to love me,
I wanted to go
Well she taught me things that I needed to know

I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more
I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more

I talked to my lawyer,
he picked up my bail
Won't someone get me out of this lousy jail?

We're both in agreement
that crime never pays
And I should be out in a couple of days

I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more
I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more
I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more
I'm not such a bad boy no more, no more, no more