"Best Bad Influence"

if you could only use your powers for evil,
instead of good
goody-good
good all the time
if you could let a couple wrong words slip
through your lips,
from all the thoughts that flit
through your mind
if you could only use your powers for selfish ends,
I'd justify whatever that means
'cause you and me are a good, good influence
but I bet - if you try,
you could be

the best
bad influence
I ever had
you could be the best
bad influence
I ever had

I think we've learned a couple too many lessons
took too much to heart,
the truth and the lies
I guess it's probably been some kind of blessing,
but now it's time to strip
away the disguise
sometimes you have to take a little permission
tell yourself, hey it's okay
to be wrong
we're at our most perfect when we're at our most human
be just a little bad
and bring me along, you'd be the

best
bad influence
I ever had
I know you'd be the best
bad influence
I ever had,
oh, you could be that, you'd be
the best
bad influence
I ever had
true story: FACT
you'd be the best
bad influence
I ever had

I'd say we've got an awful lot of potential
and all we'd have to do is cross
a few lines
I hate to say it but it's going to come down to you
'cause I can't
even read
my own mind
and here we stand, and we're both on the brink of
waiting for the other to pull us across
and good excuses are all we can think of -
we just need one
bad excuse
what would it cost?

to be the best
bad influence
I ever had
you would be the best
bad influence
I ever had