Walk On the Wild Side

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Walk On the Wild Side by Lou Reed

About Walk On the Wild Side

"Walk on the Wild Side" is a Lou Reed song from his 1972 second solo album Transformer. It was produced by David Bowie. The song received wide radio coverage, despite its touching on taboo topics such as transsexuality, drugs, male prostitutes and oral sex. In the United States, RCA released an edited version of the song as a single which eliminated the song's reference to oral sex. The lyrics, describing a series of individuals and their journeys to New York City .

Walk On the Wild Side Lyrics

[00:16.30] Holly came from Miami, FLA
[00:25.53] Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
[00:30.36] Plucked her eyebrows along the way
[00:32.76] Shaved her legs and then he was a she
[00:34.79] They said, "Hey, babe
[00:36.22] Take a walk on the wild side"
[00:39.28] I said, "Hey, babe
[00:41.08] Take a walk on the wild side"
[00:44.06] Alright
[00:47.41]
[00:54.13] Candy came from out on the Island
[00:58.23] In the back room she was everybody's darling
[01:02.94] But she never once lost her head
[01:05.37] Even when she was giving head
[01:07.35] She said, "Hey, babe
[01:09.49] Take a walk on the wild side"
[01:11.78] I said, "Hey, Candy
[01:13.73] Take a walk on the wild side"
[01:15.87] And the colored girls go
[01:17.10] "Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[01:19.27] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[01:21.98] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[01:23.91] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[01:26.67] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[01:29.60] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[01:30.85] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[01:33.44] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo"
[01:37.02]
[01:44.75] Little Joe never once gave it away
[01:49.27] Everybody had to pay and pay
[01:53.67] A hustle here and a hustle there
[01:56.24] New York City's the place
[01:57.87] Where you said, "Hey, Joe
[01:59.17] Take a walk on the wild side"
[02:02.68] I said, "Hey, baby
[02:04.33] Take a walk on the wild side"
[02:07.31]
[02:16.83] Sugar Plum Fairy came down and hit the streets
[02:21.38] Looking for soul food and for a place to eat
[02:25.86] Went to the Apollo
[02:28.22] You should've seen them go, go, go
[02:30.17] They said, "Hey, sugar
[02:31.93] Take a walk on the wild side"
[02:34.56] I said, "Hey, babe
[02:36.40] Take a walk on the wild side"
[02:38.67] Alright
[02:41.43] Huh
[02:44.41]
[02:49.16] Jackie, she is just speeding away
[02:53.06] She thought she was James Dean for a day
[02:57.41] But then you know that she had to crash
[03:00.19] Valium would have helped that bash
[03:02.33] She said, "Hey, Jackie
[03:04.12] Take a walk on the wild side"
[03:06.37] I said, "Hey, babe
[03:08.22] Take a walk on the wild side"
[03:10.43] And the colored girls go
[03:11.44] "Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:13.03] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:15.29] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:18.39] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:20.89] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:22.96] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:25.66] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:27.63] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:30.14] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:33.14] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:35.32] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
[03:36.97] Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo"
[03:38.58]

From the album: Rock Clássico