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Issue 11 - March 1973
 
Take A Walk On The Wild Side

Holly came from Miami, FLA
Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way,
Shaved her legs 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 says hey babe take a walk on the wild side,
Said hey babe take a walk on the wild side,
And the coloured girls go do-do-do-do-do-
Do-do-do-do-do ...

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 side.

Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets,
Looking for soul food and a place to eat,
Went to the Apollo,
You should have seen them go, go, go,
They said hey babe take a walk on the wild side
I said hey babe 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 pass
She says 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 do-do-do-do-do-
Do-do-do-do-do ...

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