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Artist: Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Canonical path: /captain-beefheart/wild-life
Related lyric paths: 6
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Wild Life
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Wild Life
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Wild life along with my wife
I'm goin' up on the mountain fo' the rest uh m' life
'fore they take m' life
'fore they take m' wild life
'fore they take m' wife
They got m' mother's father
'n run down all my kin
Folks I know I'm next
Wild life along with m' wife
I'm goin' up on the mountain fo' the rest uh m' life
'fore they take m' wild life
'fore they take m' wife wife
'fore they take m' wife
Wild life wild life wild life
Wild life wild life wild life
I'm goin' up on the mountain along with m' wife
Find me uh'cave 'n talk them bears
In t' takin' me in
Wild life along with m' wife
Wild life
It's uh man's best friend
Wild life along with m' wife
I'm goin' up on the mountain fo' the rest uh m' life
'fore they take m' life 'fore they take m' wild life
'fore they take m' wife
'fore they take m' wife
Wild life wild life
Wild life wild life
I'm goin' up on uh mountain
Find me uh cave 'n talk the bears
In tuh' takin' me in
Wild life is ah mans best friend
Wild life
Wild life
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