Bad Boys

[Verse]
I met a lady dressed in black
She sure looked strange to me
I said, "Baby, where's a hot place to go?"
She said, "Ruby's ain't for me"

I said, "Mama, I can go anywhere I please
I been to places that would bring the devil to his knees."
She just looked at me and said

[Chorus]
"Don't go where the bad boys go
If you can't fight
Don't go where the bad boys go
When it's late night"

[Verse]
She looked at me with her coal black eyes
As she took me by the hand
She said, "Ruby's just ain't a place
You see it's more like another land"

And as we stood outside the door
You could smell it in the air
You could hear the screams and feel the heat
But I really didn't care
She kept telling me

[Chorus]
"Don't go where the bad boys go
If you can't fight
Don't go where the bad boys go
When it's late night"

[Solo]

[Verse]
And as she pushed me through the door
The place was bright with flames
She said, "I tried to warn you boy
'Cause Ruby is my name."
I should have listened when she said

[Chorus]
"Don't go where the bad boys go
If you can't fight
Don't go where the bad boys go
When it's late night"

Don't go where the bad boys go
If you can't fight
Don't go where the bad boys go
When it's late night
I don't wanna hear it again

Don't go where the bad boys go
If you can't fight
Don't go where the bad boys go
When it's late night