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Brook Benton
Miscellaneous
Walk On The Wild Side
Walk On the Wild Side
- Artist: Brook Benton as sung on The
Satin
Sound
Brook
Benton
- Suffolk Marketing-SMI 2
- peak Billboard position # 43 in 1962
- also charted at #21 in 1962 by Jimmy Smith and The Big Band
- title song from the movie starring Laurence Harvey. Jane Fonda, and Capucine
- Words by Mack David and Music by Elmer Bernstein
-NOT to be confused with similarly-titled hit for Lou Reed in 1973
Sinner, hear what I'm sayin'
Sinner, you've been swingin', not prayin'
One day of prayin' and six nights of fun
The odds against goin' to heaven, six-to-one
You walk on the wild side, the Devil is waitin'
He's waitin' to take your hand
You walk on the wild side, you're walkin' with Satan
Away from the Promised Land
One day of prayin' and six nights of fun
The odds against going to heaven, six-to-one
You better cross over, you better walk humble or you're gonna stumble
And Satan is waitin' to take your hand
You walk on the wild side, you walk on the wild side
Away from the Promised Land
One day of prayin' and six nights of fun
The odds against going to heaven, six-to-one
The odds against going to heaven six-to-one
Transcribed by Robin Hood
These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.
- Album:
- Miscellaneous
- 20 Greatest Hits
- Non-Album Releases
- A Rainy Night in Georgia (Remastered)
- Feliz Navidad (100 Original Christmas Recordings -...
- Merry Christmas! (110 Classic Christmas Songs Remastered)
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best...
- Rainy Night In Georgia
- Songs I Love to Sing
- The Best of Jukebox Rock
- Eis am Stiel, Volume 7
- Brook Benton: Forty Greatest Hits
- 25 Soul Hits, Volume 4
- Greatest Hits
- At His Best
- 75 Rock and Roll Milestones, Volume 1 (disc 1)
- Yesterdays Gold, Volume 23
- Sweet Soul Music, Volume 2
- Golden Hits
- Soul Explosion