[Verse 1] I started as an altar boy workin at the church Learnin all my holy moves, doing some research Which led me to a cash box labeled Childrens Fund Id leave the change and tuck the bills inside my cummerbund [Verse 2] I got a parttime job at my fathers carpet store Layin tackless strippin and housewives by the score I loaded up their furniture and took it to Spokane And auctioned off every last Naugahyde divan [Verse 3] Im very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins I keep a busy schedule tryin to fit them in Im proud to be a glutton and I dont have time for sloth Im greedy and Im angry and I dont care who I cross [Chorus] Im Mr. Bad Example, intruder in the dirt I like to have a good time and I dont care who gets hurt Im Mr. Bad Example, take a look at me Ill live to be a hundred and go down in infamy [Verse 4] Of course, I went to law school and took a law degree And counseled all my clients to plead insanity Then worked in hair replacement swindling the bald Where very few are chosen and fewer still are called [Verse 5] Then on to Monte Carlo to play chemin de fer I threw away the fortune I made transplanting hair I put my last few francs down on a prostitute Who took me up to her room to perform the flag salute [Verse 6] Whereupon I stole her passport and her wig And headed for the airport and the midnight flight, you dig? And fourteen hours later I was down in Adelaide Lookin through the want ads sippin Fosters in the shade [Verse 7] I opened up an agency somewhere down the line To hire aboriginals to work the opal mines But I attached their wages and took a whoppin cut And whisked away their workmans comp and pauperized the lot [Chorus] Im Mr. Bad Example, intruder in the dirt I like to have a good time and I dont care who gets hurt Im Mr. Bad Example, take a look at me Ill live to be a hundred and go down in infamy [Verse 8] I bought a firstclass ticket on Malaysian Air And landed in Sri Lanka none the worse for wear Im thinkin of retiring from all my dirty deals Ill see you in the next life, wake me up for meals
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