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Wild one, you ran all over town* |
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They always said you were the best around |
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Wild one, you lived a young man's life |
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Lived it up fast, lived it up all the time, but all the while |
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You just left her stranded, |
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Empty handed in the night |
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She just begged you, |
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You just lived your wild life |
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[Chorus:] |
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Wild one, why'd you have to raise your hand? |
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You wild one, why'd you have to go and be a wild one? |
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Wild one, you made the Dallas news |
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Made the first page of the New Yorker, too |
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Wild one, you're in the magazine |
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Your face is even on the weeks review, sad, but true |
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You're the toast of the town |
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At your best, but you're in the ground |
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Now they misquote you |
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Your words are lost and never found |
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You lost control and put yourself in danger, you |
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[Repeat Chorus:] |
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Standing in the doorway long past midnight, |
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Your time has come, you're done with sunshine |
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Pack your suitcase, your time has come |
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Goodbye everyone, goodbye wild one |
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(Wild life had just begun, people said you were the devil's son) |
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(Jumped the neighbor with the loaded gun, you paid the price) |
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(You were a wild one) |