Song Description

Why do all the bad boys, why do all the bad girls seem to get their way?

Lyrics

That Wicked Smile © 2005 Ken Kahn

One year ago, you were high up on my chart
All your sweet seductive ways and lies
It's safe to say that you had me from the start
But I guess that doesn't come as a surprise

Hot island nights, we were closer than the air
Took the city of desire like fools
No more control on the course of our affair
Than the changing tides have on the moon.

Every thing you do is appealing,
Every devil come what may.
Why do all the bad boys, why do all the bad girls
Seem to get their way?

And I don't know why I miss that wicked smile
And the twinkle that your blues eyes had.
And I'd sooner die than spend another night
But I miss your clever words,
Yeah, I miss your wicked smile so bad

No one can tell me a more convincing lie
Than the lie that I can tell myself
So I believe only what I want to see,
So I am just like everybody else

There was a time that I thought would never end
And a moment it was all erased
All of those others you hypnotized before -
I could see their pale reflections in your face.

One summer night at the Shangri-la Hotel,
Your alumni met and drank to you.
Yes, all in favor: you're going straight to hell.
But we still don't understand those things we do.

Every little move is healing, every gesture sets us free
But when we love the good boys, when we love the good girls,
It's your face that we see

And I don't know why I miss that wicked smile
And the twinkle that your blues eyes had.
And I'd sooner die than spend another night
But I miss your clever words,
Yeah, I miss your wicked smile -
Oh, I miss your clever words,
And I miss that wicked smile so bad