Intro: C - F - C - F - C - F - C - F        

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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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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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she 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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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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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.