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Let the Bad Times Roll

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Dexter Holland

Guitar

Josh Freese

Drums

noodles

Guitar

Ricardo "Tiki" Pasillas

Ricardo "Tiki" Pasillas

Percussion

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Dexter Holland

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bob Rock

Producer

Adam Greenholtz

Adam Greenholtz

Recording Engineer

Eric Helmkamp

Recording Engineer

Emily Lazar

Mastering Engineer

Chris Allgood

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

Oh oh oh oh

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

Oh, oh-oh oh

[Verse 2]

We're gonna hang 'em high

We're gonna shoot straight up in the air

This eye is for an eye

No need to ask and no need to care, yeah

[Verse 3]

But don't be thinking we're crazy

When you see all the hell that we're raising

Don't be thinking we're crazy

'Cause the truth is what we're erasing

[Verse 4]

And so I

I'm doing it all for you

I

I'm doing it all for you

[Verse 5]

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

Machiavellian flow

Oh oh oh oh

Hey Lincoln, how does your grave roll?

Oh, oh-oh oh

[Verse 6]

Take what's right and make it wrong

Make it up as I go along

Let me know when you decide

Apathy or suicide

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

Oh, oh-oh oh

[Verse 7]

Now it was all a lie

But that bitch won't get in my way

Keep shoutin' what I like (Lock her up! Lock her up!)

Now that's a good one I gotta say, yeah

[Verse 8]

But don't be thinking we're crazy

When you see all the hell that we're raising

Don't be thinking we're crazy

'Cause the truth is what we're erasing

[Verse 9]

And so I

I'm turning my back on you

I

I'm turning my back on you

[Verse 10]

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

On a stripper pole

Oh oh oh oh

Ya fuck it, let the bad times roll

Oh, oh oh-oh

(Fuck it!)

[Verse 11]

Mexicans and blacks and Jews

Got it all figured out for you

Gonna build a wall let you decide

Apathy or suicide

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

Oh, oh-oh oh

[Verse 12]

Now let the bad times roll

[Verse 13]

Doing it all for you

I'm doing it all for you

[Verse 14]

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

Machiavellian flow

Oh oh oh oh

Hey Lincoln, how does your grave roll?

Oh, oh-oh oh

[Verse 15]

Take what's right and make it wrong

Make it up as I go along

Let me know when you decide

Apathy or suicide

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

Oh, oh-oh oh

[Verse 16]

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

Let me know when you decide

Apathy or suicide

Oh baby, let the bad times roll

(Fuck it!)

Written by: Dexter Holland

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