written by blair daly donnie van zant and johnny van zant i ve seen the devil stared him straight in the eyes danced in his fire on my darkest nights laid in his garden an i drank his wine slept with temptation till i found salvation it almost ate me alive oh i ve been there done that had my thrill ain t goin back again i was the life of every party it nearly did me in i was the baddest man you ve ever seen lord i wrote the book on sin yeah i been down that road i ain t goin back again i caused more damage than a hurricane i broke your heart an didn t feel a thing then walked away and cursed your name in vain but with you as my witness you gave me forgiveness now i ve got a second chance oh i ve been there done that had my thrill ain t goin back again i was the life of every party it nearly did me in i was the baddest man that you ve ever seen lord i wrote the book on sin yeah i been down that road he s knockin at my door ain t walkin round here no more been there done that ain t goin back again no instrumental break i was the baddest mother that you ve ever seen lord i wrote the book on sin been there done that ain t goin back again i was the life of every party it nearly did me in i was the baddest man that you ve ever seen lord i wrote the book on sin yeah i been down that road i ain t goin back again oh no been there done that i was the life of the party yeah 