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Artist: Joan Jett
Canonical path: /joan-jett/bad-reputation
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Bad Reputation
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Bad Reputation
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I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
You're living in the past, it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's what I'm gonna do
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh, no (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Not me (me, me, me, me, me, me)
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
Never said I wanted to improve my station
An' I'm only doin' good when I'm havin' fun
An' I don't have to please no one
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh, no (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Not me (me, me, me, me, me, me)
Oh, no (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Not me (me, me, me, me, me, me)
I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
An' I don't really care if you think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change
An' I'm never gonna care 'bout my bad reputation
Oh, no (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Not me (me, me, me, me, me, me)
Oh, no (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Not me (me, me, me, me, me, me)
Pedal, boys!
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
The world's in trouble, there's no communication
An' everyone can say what they wanna to say
It never gets better, anyway
So why should I care about a bad reputation
Anyway?
Oh, no (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Not me (me, me, me, me, me, me)
Oh, no (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Not me (me, me, me, me, me, me)
I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
You're living in the past, it's a new generation
An' I only feel good when I got no pain
An' that's how I'm gonna stay
An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh, no (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Not me (me, me, me, me, me, me)
Oh, no (no, no, no, no, no, no)
Not me (me, me, me, me, me, me)
Not me, not me
(No, no, no, no, no, no)
(Me, me, me, me, me, me)
Not me!
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