Continuando con este homenaje al gran Lou Reed, que ha decidido retirarse a descansar, con otro tema clásico, Walk on the Wild Side.
Este cantante de voz rasgada, icono de la música neoyorkina, ciudad a la que cantó en sus letras hasta con cierta dureza.
Walk on the Wild Side es una canción de Lou Reed, producida por David Bowie, de su segundo álbum en solitario, Transformer, de 1972.
La letra refleja la alegre vida del cantante en su ciudad con su círculo de amigos, muy del entorno del estudio de Andy Warhol.
Holly came from Miami FLA
Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her leg and then he was a she
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
Said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
Candy came from out on the island,
In the backroom she was everybody's darling,
But she never lost her head
Even when she was given head
She said, hey baby, take a walk on the wild side
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
And the coloured girls go, doo doo doo, doo
Little Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
New York city is the place where they said:
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I Said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
You should have seen him go go go
They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
Jackie is just speeding away
Thought she was James Dean for a day
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that dash
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
And the coloured girls say doo doo doo, doo