Bad Seed – English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~

Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~

First We Thought That Babs Was So Really Really Sweet

A New Friend To Have And It Seemed Like Such A Treat

But Then We Found The Truth She's Just A Bully From The East

She Went From Bad,Yeah! To A Bully And A Thief

Everywhere We Turn She's Just A Step Ahead

Babs Seed, Babs Seed What We Gonna Do?

Got A Bully On Our Tail Gotta Hide, We Gotta Bail

Babs Seed, Babs Seed If She's After You

Gotta Run, We Gotta Flee Gotta Hurry Don't You See?

Babs Seed, Babs Seed She's Just A Bad, Bad Seed

Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~

Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~

Hiding From A Bully We Know It Isn't Right

But The Cutie Mark Crusaders We Aren't Looking For A Fight

Oh, She'll Go Home Soon And Then We'll Have Some Peace Again

But For Now We're Staying Out Of Her Way Till Then

Everywhere We Turn She's Just A Step Ahead

Babs Seed, Babs Seed What We Gonna Do?

Got A Bully On Our Tail Gotta Hide, We Gotta Bail

Babs Seed, Babs Seed If She's After You

Gotta Run, We Gotta Flee Gotta Hurry Don't You See?

Why So Mean? Why So Crude?

Why So Angry? Why So Rude?

Can't You Be Nice? Can't We Be Friends?

Isn't It Sad This Is How It All Ends?

Babs Seed, Babs Seed She's Just A Bad, Bad...

Babs Seed, Babs Seed She's Just A Bad, Bad...

Babs Seed, Babs Seed She's Just A Bad, Bad Seed

Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Bully /ˈbʊli/ B2	noun - a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those they perceive as vulnerable.
Seed /siːd/ A2	noun - the unit of reproduction of a flowering plant; metaphorically: a source or origin of something.
Thief /θiːf/ A2	noun - a person who steals another person's property.
Bail /beɪl/ B2	verb - to leave a place or situation quickly.
Flee /fliː/ B2	verb - to run away from a place or situation of danger.
Crude /kruːd/ C1	adjective - offensively coarse or rude in manner or language.
Rude /ruːd/ A2	adjective - lacking respect; impolite.
Angry /ˈæŋɡri/ A1	adjective - having a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
Hurry /ˈhʌri/ A2	verb - to move or act with great haste.
Treat /triːt/ B1	noun - an event or item that gives great pleasure.

Key Grammar Structures

• First We Thought That Babs Was So Really Really Sweet

  ➔ Past Tense (Simple Past)

  ➔ "Thought" is the irregular past tense of "think," used here to narrate an initial impression.

• She Went From Bad, Yeah! To A Bully And A Thief

  ➔ Phrasal construction: From X to Y

  ➔ The structure "from... to..." indicates a progression or change in state over a period of time.

• What We Gonna Do?

  ➔ Colloquial contraction of 'going to'

  ➔ "Gonna" is a common reduction of "going to," used in informal speech to express future intention.

• If She's After You

  ➔ First Conditional (If + Present Simple)

  ➔ The "if" clause sets a condition, implying a real possibility in the future.

• We Aren't Looking For A Fight

  ➔ Present Continuous (Negative)

  ➔ "Aren't looking" describes an action that is not happening at the moment of speaking.

• Oh, She'll Go Home Soon

  ➔ Future Simple (with 'will')

  ➔ "She'll" is the contraction of "she will," predicting a future event.

• Can't You Be Nice?

  ➔ Modal Verb (Can) in an interrogative form

  ➔ "Can" is used here to make a request or suggest a possibility for behavior.

• Isn't It Sad This Is How It All Ends?

  ➔ Negative Interrogative

  ➔ "Isn't it" is a rhetorical device used to seek agreement or emphasize a feeling.