Wild Girl
Rickie Lee Jones"Wild Girl" is a song by Rickie Lee Jones, released in 2009 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:03 long and contains 53 lines and 321 words.
Lyrics
0:16Wild girl you must have been a terror
0:20When you were young
0:23Your mamma must have let you run
0:27Let you run free
0:33But it wasn't very nice
0:36Eating all that sugar and spice
0:40What they want a girl to be
0:48And all the things a child learns
0:51On their way from hope to here
0:55The innocence the fury the racism
0:58Rage and fear
1:03I don't remember tell me again
1:10The part no one wants to hear
1:18Well that's so many peoples story
1:21A lot of heartache but not much glory
1:25But glory the truth be told
1:28Tomorrow you are twenty-one years old
1:34I say Happy Birthday tomorrow to you
1:40The only game in town
1:48You can live your life with regret
1:51About the things you think you did wrong
1:56Or over what some one would not give
2:02Or you can be grateful
2:07When you open your eyes
2:10The story you write you live
2:17Well it's hard to be older and poor
2:20I don't dig it that much anymore
2:25But every day of my life
2:27I'm so proud I became his wife
2:33Because I got to raise Charlotte
2:37And Charlotte's learning
2:40The only game in town
2:47Wild girl in a red dress
2:50Come on speak up say yes
2:54This thing that makes you beautiful
2:57Never comes out of a jar
3:04You are a beautiful girl
3:06Because you reach out
3:08From your beautiful world
3:11That is the daughter you are
3:18Walk right and the real world knows it
3:22Cuz you bring it back down into the real world
3:26Walk right up the real world knows it
3:29You'll bring it back down into the real world
3:32Say take me back baby
3:36I just wanna make a dream come true
3:40I came here to love somebody
3:43I just want to make my dreams come true
3:50And I'm trying
3:52Because trying is
3:55The only game
3:58Live to tell the tale
4:03The only game in town
Wild girl you must have been a terror When you were young Your mamma must have let you run Let you run free But it wasn't very nice Eating all that sugar and spice What they want a girl to be And all the things a child learns On their way from hope to here The innocence the fury the racism Rage and fear I don't remember tell me again The part no one wants to hear Well that's so many peoples story A lot of heartache but not much glory But glory the truth be told Tomorrow you are twenty-one years old I say Happy Birthday tomorrow to you The only game in town You can live your life with regret About the things you think you did wrong Or over what some one would not give Or you can be grateful When you open your eyes The story you write you live Well it's hard to be older and poor I don't dig it that much anymore But every day of my life I'm so proud I became his wife Because I got to raise Charlotte And Charlotte's learning The only game in town Wild girl in a red dress Come on speak up say yes This thing that makes you beautiful Never comes out of a jar You are a beautiful girl Because you reach out From your beautiful world That is the daughter you are Walk right and the real world knows it Cuz you bring it back down into the real world Walk right up the real world knows it You'll bring it back down into the real world Say take me back baby I just wanna make a dream come true I came here to love somebody I just want to make my dreams come true And I'm trying Because trying is The only game Live to tell the tale The only game in town
Translation
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