Wild one, you ran all over town

They always said you were the best around

Wild one, you lived a young man's life

Lived it up fast, lived it up all the time, but all the while



You just left her stranded,

Empty handed in the night

She just begged you,

You just lived your wild life



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Wild one, why'd you have to raise your hand?

You wild one, why'd you have to go and be a wild one?



Wild one, you made the Dallas news

Made the first page of the New Yorker, too

Wild one, you're in the magazine

Your face is even on the weeks review, sad, but true



You're the toast of the town

At your best, but you're in the ground

Now they misquote you

Your words are lost and never found

You lost control and put yourself in danger, you



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Standing in the doorway long past midnight,

Your time has come, you're done with sunshine

Pack your suitcase, your time has come

Goodbye everyone, goodbye wild one



(Wild life had just begun, people said you were the devil's son)

(Jumped the neighbor with the loaded gun, you paid the price)

(You were a wild one)