Walk on the Wild Side

Tom: C
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1.  Holly came from Miami, FLA,
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    hitchhiked her way across the USA.
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    Plucked her eyebrows on the way
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    Shaved her legs and then he was a she. She says :
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Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
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said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
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2. Candy came from out on the island,
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    in the backroom she was everybody's darling.
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    But she never lost her head,
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    even when she was giving head.  She says :  
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Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
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said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.
   And the colored girls go
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    Do do do ... do do do ...  (4x)     Doo.
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3. Little Joe never once gave it away,
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    everybody had to pay and pay.
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    A hustle here and a hustle there,
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    New York City is the place where they said :   
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Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
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I said, hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side.
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4. Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets,
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    looking for soul food and a place to eat.
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    Went to the Apollo, 
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    you should have seen him  go, go go, they said :
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Hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side,
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I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.
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    All right! Ha!
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5. Jackie is just speeding away,
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    thought she was James Dean for a day.
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    Then I guess she had to crash,
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    Valium would have helped that fast, she said :
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Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
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I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
    And the colored girls say
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    Do do do ... do do do ...  (6x)  Doo.