I'm bad and you know it Clap your hands Stomp your feet Scream out loud I'm so misunderstood But I'm trying to be good Well, I'm bad and you know it

Do you see me now? You will know my name Do you hear me now? Do you fear me now? Behind my back at my expense There's something inside me And I know it's good, I'm not evil Just misunderstood Their judging eyes watching me

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good I try so hard, don't let me be misunderstood Baby, you understand me now If sometimes you see that I'm mad Don't you know no one alive can always be an angel?

I would have run all the lights I was misunderstood Damn, misunderstood I should have drove all night, I stumbled like my words, Did the best I could I stumbled like my words, did the best I could Should I? Could I? Have said the wrong things right a

Maybe midnight's just misunderstood 'Cause if nothing good ever happens after midnight Nothing good ever happens after midnight Why does it always feel so damn good Wrapped up so tight with me, no light All night, it was alright, alright Well the sun

Jive talkin' It's just your jive talkin' You're telling me lies, yeah You wear a disguise So misunderstood, yeah Oh, my child Good lovin' Still gets in my eyes Nobody believes what you say

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood Baby, you understand me now? If sometimes you see that I'm mad Don'tcha know that no one alive can always be an angel? When everything goes wrong, you see some bad But oh, I'm just a soul whose intentions are

How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me How can I know so many Never really knowing anyone If I seem superhuman I have been Misunderstood Playing a lion being led to a cage

Jive talkin' It's just your jive talkin' You're telling me lies, yeah You wear a disguise So misunderstood, yeah Oh, my child Good lovin' Still gets in my eyes Nobody believes what you say

You don't know how it feels To be misunderstood To reach for the sky I thought you never would But I'm bleeding, and my hands are bruised From the grip that I once had on you And I'm open for a new way Because there's not much more that I can fake This