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Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time

Grand Funk Railroad began as an underground favorite on FM radio in 1969 with the song "Paranoid."

No one knew the top 40 hit maker the band would become starting with "Closer To Home" in 1970.

Of all their hit singles, this one ... their last major hit ... strikes a nerve more than any other. It is a gut wrenching and exhilarating foray into a love lost and found at the wrong time.

"Bad Time" is a song written by Mark Farner and performed by Grand Funk.

The song reached #4 on the Billboard chart in 1975.

The song appeared on the band's 1974 album, All the Girls in the World Beware!!!.

It's about a man who meets the girl of his dreams, but does so at an awkward time in his life, meaning he may have to let her go.

The song was produced by Jimmy Ienner and arranged by Tony Camillo.

Other Versions

The Jayhawks released a version of the song on their 1995 album, Tomorrow the Green Grass. The song went to #40 on the UK Singles Chart.

Guns N' Roses played the song on their Use Your Illusion Tour in the early 90's.

The lyrics:

I'm in love with the girl that I'm talking about

I'm in love with the girl I can't live without

I'm in love but I sure picked a bad time

To be in love

To be in love

Well, let her be somebody else's queen

I don't want to know about it

There's too many others that know what I mean

And that's why I got to live without it

I'm in love with the girl I'm talking about

I'm in love with the girl I can't live without

I'm in love but I feel like I'm wearin' it out

I'm in love but I must have picked a bad time to be in love

A bad time to be in love

A bad time to be in love

A bad time to be in love

All the stories coming back to me

From my friends and the people I don't want to see

The things they say I know just couldn't be true

At least not until I hear it from you

'Cause I still love the little girl I'm talking about

I'm in love with the girl I can't live without

I'm in love but I feel like I'm wearin' it out

I'm in love but I must have picked a bad time to be in love

A bad time to be in love

A bad time to be in love

A bad time to be in love

You know that I love the little girl I'm talking about

I'm in love with the girl I can't live without

I'm in love but it feels like I'm wearin' it out

I'm in love but I must have picked a bad time to be in love

A bad time to be in love

A bad time to be in love

A bad time to be in love