Wild West End

Lyrics

Stepping out to Angelucci's
 For my coffee beans
 Checking out the movies and the magazines
 Waitress she watches me
 Crossing from the Barocco Bar
 I get a pickup for my steel guitar
 I saw you walking out Shaftesbury Avenue
 Excuse me for talking, I wanna marry you
 This is the seventh heaven street to me
 Don't you seem so proud
 You're just another angel
 In the crowd, and I'm-
 Walking in the wild west end
 Walking in the wild west end
 Walking with your wild best friend
 ♪
 Now my conductress on the number 19
 She was a honey (she was a honey)
 Pink toenails and hands all dirty with the money
 Greasy, greasy, greasy hair, easy smile
 She made me feel 19 for a while
 I went down to Chinatown
 In the backroom it's a man's world, all the money go down
 Duck inside the doorway, duck to eat
 Just ain't no way
 You and me, we can't beat
 Walking in the wild west end
 Walking in the wild west end
 Walking with your wild best friend
 ♪
 Darling, a gogo dancing girl
 Yes, I saw her
 The DJ he say, "Here's Mandy for ya", ha
 I feel alright, saying now, do that stuff
 She's dancing high, I move on by
 The close-ups can get rough, when you're
 Walking in the wild west end
 Walking, walking, walking in the wild west end
 Walking with your wild best friend
 ♪
 Walking, walking in the-
 

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Song Details

Duration
04:41
Key
4
Tempo
133 BPM

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