Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed-2

Holly came from Miami, F L A

Hitch-hiked her way across the U S A

Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs 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 from out on the Island

In the backroom she was everybody’s darlin’

But she never lost her head even when she was giving head

She says hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

I said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side, and the colored girls go

Little Joe never once gave it away, everybody had to pay and pay

A hustle here and a hustle there,

New York City’s the place where they said,

Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

I said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild

Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets,

lookin’ for soul food and a place to eat

Went to the Apollo, you should’ve seen ‘em go, go, go

They said hey sugar, take a walk on the wild side

I said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side, all right

Jackie is just speeding away

Thought she was James Dean for a day

Then I guess she had to crash, Valium would have helped that bash

She said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

I said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side, and the colored girls say