| Wild one, you ran all over town* | |
| They always said you were the best around | |
| Wild one, you lived a young man's life | |
| Lived it up fast, lived it up all the time, but all the while | |
| You just left her stranded, | |
| Empty handed in the night | |
| She just begged you, | |
| You just lived your wild life | |
| [Chorus:] | |
| Wild one, why'd you have to raise your hand? | |
| You wild one, why'd you have to go and be a wild one? | |
| Wild one, you made the Dallas news | |
| Made the first page of the New Yorker, too | |
| Wild one, you're in the magazine | |
| Your face is even on the weeks review, sad, but true | |
| You're the toast of the town | |
| At your best, but you're in the ground | |
| Now they misquote you | |
| Your words are lost and never found | |
| You lost control and put yourself in danger, you | |
| [Repeat Chorus:] | |
| Standing in the doorway long past midnight, | |
| Your time has come, you're done with sunshine | |
| Pack your suitcase, your time has come | |
| Goodbye everyone, goodbye wild one | |
| (Wild life had just begun, people said you were the devil's son) | |
| (Jumped the neighbor with the loaded gun, you paid the price) | |
| (You were a wild one) |