Where is the mo ment we need ed the most?
You kick up the leaves and the mag ic is lost.
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey.
They tell me your pas sion’s gone a way, and I don’t need no car ryin’ on.
You stand in the line just to hit a new low.
You’re fak in’ the smile with the cof fee to go.
They tell me your life’s been way off line.
You’ve fall en to piec es ev ’ry time and I don’t need no car ryin’ on
be cause you had a bad day.
You’re tak in’ one down.
You sing a sad song just to turn it a round.
You say you don’t know.
You tell me don’t lie.
You work at a smile and you go for a ride.
You had a bad day.
The cam ’ra don’t lie.
You’re com in’ back down and you real ly don’t mind.
You had a bad day.
You had a bad day.
Well, you need a blue sky hol i day.
The point is they laugh at what you say and I don’t need no car ryin’ on.
You had a bad day.
Oh,
on a hol i day.
Some times the sys tem goes on the blink and the whole thing, it turns out wrong.
You might not make it back and you know that you could be well.
Oh, that’s strong and I’m not wrong,
yeah.
So where is the pas sion when you need it the most?
Oh, you and I.
You kick up the leaves and the mag ic is lost
’cause you had a bad day.
You’re tak in’ one down.
You sing a sad song just to turn it a round.
You say you don’t know.
You tell me don’t lie.
You work at a smile and you go for a ride.
You had a bad day.
You’ve seen what you like.
And how does it feel one more time?
You had a bad day.
You had a bad day.
This page shows “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 69 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.