Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed

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Holly came fro

              
m Miami, F.L.A


.

             
Hitch-hiked he

              
r way across t

     
he USA

             
Plucked her ey

       
ebrows on the 

way

             
Shaved her leg

           
s and then he 

was a she


She says, Hey 

babe

              
Take a walk on

       
 the wild side


Hey honey

              
Take a walk on

       
 the wild side


             
Candy came fro

              
m out on the I

   
sland

             
In the backroo

              
m she was ever

          
ybody's darlin

'

             
But she never 

  
lost her head

             
Even when she 

      
was giving hea

d


She says, Hey 

babe

              
Take a walk on

      
 the wild side


I Said, Hey ba

by

              
Take a walk on

      
 the wild side


And the coloured girls go

             
doo do doo do 

           
doo do do doo.

.

             
Little Joe nev

              
er once gave i

   
t away

             
Everybody had 

            
to pay and pay

             
A hustle here 

              
and a hustle t

 
here

             
New York City'

        
s the place wh

ere they say,

             
Hey babe, take

              
 a walk on the

  
 wild side


I said, Hey Jo

e

        
Take a walk on

 the wild side

             
Sugar Plum Fai

              
ry came and hi

       
t the streets

             
Lookin' for so

              
ul food and a 

          
place to eat

             
Went to the Ap


ollo

             
You should've 

         
seen em go go 

go

             
They said, Hey

              
 shuga Take a 

             
walk on the wi

ld side


I Said, Hey ba

be

        
Take a walk on

 the wild side

            
All right, huh

             
Jackie is just

          
 speeding away

             
Thought she wa

              
s James Dean f

      
or a day

             
Then I guess s

    
he had to cras

h

             
Valium would h

      
ave helped tha

t bash

       
Said, Hey babe

,

              
Take a walk on

      
 the wild side

         
I said, Hey ho

ney,

              
Take a walk on

      
 the wild side


and the coloured girls say,

             
doo do doo do 

           
doo do do doo

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