[Chorus]
I wish he didn't have to die
But he was a bad man
What do I make of these tears that I've cried
Over that bad man?

[Verse 1]
Wrote over the love story he left on my body
With somebody else's hands
I'm still crying, but I'm not sorry
No, I couldn't give a goddamn about it
Now I've washed him out of my clothes
I know he had to go, he had to go
And he'd say the same, you know?

[Chorus]
I wish he didn't have to die
But he was a bad man

[Verse 2]
I could tell you that I don't love him
But you know it'd be a lie
Doesn't mean I don't condemn him
And goddamn him, he knows why I let it go
I've washed him out of my clothes
I know he had to go, he had to go
And he'd say the same, you know?
[Chorus]
I wish he didn't have to die
But he was a bad man
What do I make of these tears that I've cried
Over that bad man?