Wildside
Marky Mark
and the Funky Bunch © 1991
Ah yeah huh American the beautiful
huh yeah let me introduce y'all to
the wildside
Annie was a high school cheerleader
Pom poms
and bobby socks and no girl was sweeter
Come prom time everybody was on the line
All the fellas singing nickel and
dime
Tales about love and lust and trust
But Annie took it in all in stride
Cause deep inside Annie had aspirations
Besides that, she had expectations
Wanted to be a chemical engineer
making 50 to 55 thousand a year
Her first year of college was a success
but along came Billy possessed and
obsessed
He took Annie on a fatal date
and showed her things that made
heart beats accelerate
Annie took a hit breathed two short breaths
one for life the last for death
Now she's gone a former valedictorian
Ended up becoming a topic for historians
Washed up dreams, shattered pride
All because Annie took a hit on the wildside
Do, do, do, dobido, do, do, do, dobido,
do, do, do, dobido,
do, do, do, dobidodoooooooooo
Ron had enough of being broke every day
saying to himself. There's gotta be a better way
cause 9 to 5 wasn't worth the
headaches
So Ron figured out a faster way to make money
Before you know it, he's a rich man
Gold on every finger of his hand
A brand new BMW. A condo. Ron ended up a john doe
A body was found in the alley but never claimed
Full of bullet holes but none to blame
Ron became another victim of homicide
because he chose to walk on the wildside
Do, do, do, dobido, do, do, do, dobido,
do, do, do, dobido,
do, do, do, dobidodoooooooooo
Charles had everything going for him
A top paying job a good life. A good wife
A
baby boy on the way any day
A
gentleman attitude is all he displayed
Carol
was the wife he loved and adored
Her
family and friends treated him like an ambassador
One
night on the other side of town
A
police dispatcher picked up a weird sound
Charles
on the car phone asking for help
Claiming
a burglar shot his wife and himself
His
pregnant wife lay slumped over
Dreams
corrupt and a young life over
Extensive
searches throughout the projects
put a lot of people through misery and wreck
Everyone
a suspect till someone was found
Interrogated
cause their skin was brown
Then
there was Benny, guilty until proven so
but soon as the case started moving slow
what do you know, sure as a sea gull gets webbed toed
Charles
was the culprit
The
whole plot was an insurance scam
Charles
and his brother came up with a plan
Kill
carol collect a big check
Blame
it on a black man. What the heck!
And
just before the story was known
Charles
had a feeling his cover was blown
so he jumped off a bridge
Committed
suicide
This
is how it is on the wildside!
Do,
do, do, dobido, do, do, do, dobido,
do, do, do, dobido, do, do, do, dobidodoooooooooo
Little Tiffany. Only thirteen
Came to the city. Place of big dreams
Visiting
family and friends for the summer time
Sitting
on a mailbox, watching the boys climb trees
and the girls play hopscotch
So
far her vacation was top notch
But
of the blue a Mercedes at top speed
Gang
bangers chasing the robbers on the stampede
Quick
as a blink shots rang out loud
and a hail of bullets zipped through the crowd
One
hit Tiffany and instantly she died
Innocently
on the wildside
Do,
do, do, dobido, do, do, do, dobido,
do, do, do, dobido, do, do, do, dobidodoooooooooo
Nico, Andy Warhol, Moe
Tucker, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale
Walk on the Wild Side
By Lou Reed © 1972
Holly
came from
Hitch-hiked her way across the
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her leg and then he was a she
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
Said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
Candy
came from out on the island,
In
the backroom she was everybody's darling,
But
she never lost her head
Even
when she was given head
She
said, hey baby, take a walk on the wild side
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
And the coloured girls go, doo
doo doo, doo ...
Little
Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
New York city is the place where they said:
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I Said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side
Sugar
Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
You should have seen him go go go
They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
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 dash
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
And the coloured girls say doo
doo doo, doo ...
Factory personalities Candy
Darling, Jed Johnson, Andy Warhol, Corey Tippin and Donna Jordan.