He walks so tall to be so small,
I've never net a man stranger
Lives his life for the dollar sign
and to deal with him is dang'rous
Well, he knocked me down but I'm on my feet,
now I'm so much wiser
I'd rather quit that to go back home,
than to deal with the money miser

Ah oo, let's cry for the bad man
Ah oo, I sing a song for the bad man

Well, you treat me right, baby, I'll treat you right,
that's the way it's supposed to be
but I put my faith down in my friend
and he almost put an end to me
Well, I work seven days a week,
eight when I'm able
When you take my money from me
you take food from my momma's table

Ah oo, let's cry for the bad man
Ah oo, I wrote a song for the bad man

Ah oo, let's cry for the bad man
Ah oo, I wrote a song for the bad man

Well, you treat me right, baby, I'll treat you right,
that's the way it's supposed to be
but I put my faith down in my friend
and he almost put an end to me
Well, when you take my money, baby,
when you hurt my family
it's like walkin' through the swamps with no shoes
and step on a snake, it's deadly

Ah oo, let's cry for the bad man
Ah oo, I wrote a song for the bad man

Ah oo, let's cry for the bad man
Ah oo, I wrote a song for the bad man

- Gary Rossington, Allen Collins & Ronnie Van Zant