Walk On The Wild Side Of Life Song Lyrics and Chords
Walk On The Wild Side Of Life Song Lyrics and Chords by Webb Pierce
Walk On The Wild Side Of Life
Recorded by Webb Pierce
Written by Wayne P. Walker
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You're not
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gone really
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gone you'll be
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back I know you
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will
You're just
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taking a
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walk on the
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wild side of
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life
In my house are many heartaches loneli
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ness is all a
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round
Since you left me for the life of
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nights out on the
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town
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I've got memories by the dozen but
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I can't throw one
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away
Every thing's just like you left it and
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that's how it's gonna
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stay
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Till the bright lights lose their glamor and the
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music of its
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charm
Until you tire of all the honky tonks that
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took you from my
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arms
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This old house of many heartaches holds
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love enough for
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waiting just for
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you
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Walk On The Wild Side Of Life?
- The song Walk On The Wild Side Of Life was sang by Webb Pierce.
Who is Webb Pierce?
- Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 - February 24, 1991) was an American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade.
His biggest hit was "In the Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one. Pierce also charted number one for several weeks each with his recordings of "Slowly" (1954), "Love, Love, Love" (1955), "I Don't Care" (1955), "There Stands the Glass" (1953), "More and More" (1954), "I Ain't Never" (1959), and his first number one "Wondering," which stayed at the top spot for four of its 27 weeks' charting in 1952.
He recorded country gospel song "I Love Him Dearly" also. His iconic hit "Teenage Boogie" was covered by British band T. Rex as "I Love to Boogie" in 1974, but credited as being written by the group's lead singer Marc Bolan and not Pierce. The music of Webb was also made popular during the British rockabilly scene in the 1980s and 1990s.
For many, Pierce, with his flamboyant Nudie suits and twin silver dollar-lined convertibles, became the most recognizable face of country music of the era and its excesses. Pierce was a one-time member of the Grand Ole Opry and was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. A tribute album in his honor (produced by singer-songwriter Gail Davies) was released in 2001 entitled Caught in the Webb - A Tribute To Country Legend Webb Pierce.
