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.