Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like a bad medicine
There ain't no doctor that can cure my desease

I ain't got a fever, got a permanent desease
It'll take more than a doctor to prescribe a remedy
I got lots of money but it isn't what I need
Gonna take more than a shot to get this poison out of me

I got all the symptoms
Count 'em 1, 2, 3

First you need
That's what you get for falling in love
Then you bleed
You get a little but it's never enough
On your knees
That's what you get for falling in love
And now this boy's addicted 'cause your kiss is the [bad word] 
Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad medicine
There ain't no doctor that can cure my desease

Bad, bad medicine
I don't need no needle to be giving me a thrill
And I don't need no anesthesia or a nurse to bring a pill
I got a dirty down addiction, it doesn't leave a track
I got a jones for your affection like a monkey on my back

There ain't no paramedic gonna save this heart attack

When you need
That's what you get for falling in love
Then you bleed
You get a little but it's never enough
On your knees
That's what you get for falling in love
Now this boy's addicted and your kiss is the [bad word] 
Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad medicine
So let's play doctor, baby cure my desease

Bad, bad medicine
Bad, bad medicine

I need a respirator 'cause [bad word] out of breath
You're an all night generator wrapped in stockings and a dress
When you find your medicine you take what you can get
Cause if there's something better baby well, they haven't found it yet

Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad medicine