Ah yeah huh
America the beautiful
Huh yeah
Let me introduce y'all
to the wild side
Annie was a
high school cheerleader
Pom poms and bobby sox
And no girl was sweeter
Come Prom time
everybody was on a line
All the fellas singin'
nickel and dime
Tales about love
and lust and trust
But Annie took it all in stride
'Cause deep inside
Annie had aspirations
Besides that
she had expectations
Wanted to be
a chemical engineer
Makin' fifty to fifty-five
thousand a year
Her first year of college
was a success
But along comes
Billy possessed and obsessed
He took Annie on a fatal date
And showed her things
that made heartbeats
accelerate
Annie took a hit
Breathed two short breaths
One for life the last for death
Now she's gone
a former valedictorian
Ended up becomin'
a topic for historians
Washed up dreams
Shattered pride
All because Annie took a hit
on the wild side
Ron had enough
of bein' broke every day
Sayin' to himself
There's gotta be a better way
'Cause nine to five
wasn't worth the headaches
So Ron figured out
a faster way to make money
Before you know it
he's a rich man
Gold on every
finger of the hand
A brand new BMW a condo
Ron ended up a John Doe
A body was found in the alley
But never claimed
Full of bullet holes
with none to blame
Ron became another
victim of homicide
Because he chose to walk
on the wild side
Charles had everythin'
goin' for him
A top payin' job
A good life a good wife
A baby boy on the way
any day
A gentleman's attitude
is all he displayed
Carol was the wife
he loved and adored
Her family and friends treated
him like an ambassador
One night on
the other side of town
A police dispatcher
picked up a weird sound
Charles on the car phone
askin' for help
Claimin' a burglar
shot his wife and himself
His pregnant wife
lay slumped over
Her dreams corrupted
Her young life over
Extensive searches
throughout the projects
Put a lot of people
through misery and wreck
Everyone a suspect
till someone was found
Interrogated because
his skin was brown
Then there was Bennett
Guilty until proven so
But as soon as
the case startin' movin' slow
What do you know
As sure as the sea gull
gets web toes
Charles was the culprit
The whole plot
was an insurance scam
Charles and his brother
came up with a plan
Kill Carol collect a big check
Blame it on a black man
What the heck
Just before
the story was known
Charles had a feelin'
that his cover was blown
So he jumped off
a bridge committed suicide
This is how it is
on the wild side
Little Tiffany only thirteen
Came to the city place
of big dreams
Visitin' family and friends
for the summer time
Sittin' on a mailbox
watchin' the boys climb trees
And the girls play hopscotch
So far her vacation
was top notch
Out of the blue
a Mercedes at top speed
Gang bangers chasin'
robbers on a stampede
Quick as a blink
Shots rang out loud
And a hail of bullets
zipped through the crowd
One hit Tiffany
and instantly she died
Innocently on the wild side