Wild Westend Songtext
von Dire Straits

Stepping out to Angelucci′s
For my coffee beans
Checking out the movies and the magazines
Waitress she watches me
Crossing from the Barocco Bar
I get a pickup for my steel guitar
I saw you walking out Shaftesbury Avenue
Excuse me for talking, I wanna marry you
This is the seventh heaven street to me
Don't you seem so proud
You′re just another angel
In the crowd, and I'm-

Walking in the wild west end
Walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend


Now my conductress on the number 19
She was a honey (she was a honey)
Pink toenails and hands all dirty with the money
Greasy, greasy, greasy hair, easy smile
She made me feel 19 for a while
I went down to Chinatown
In the backroom it's a man′s world, all the money go down
Duck inside the doorway, duck to eat
Just ain′t no way
You and me, we can't beat

Walking in the wild west end
Walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend

Darling, a gogo dancing girl
Yes, I saw her
The DJ he say, "Here′s Mandy for ya", ha
I feel alright, saying now, do that stuff
She's dancing high, I move on by
The close-ups can get rough, when you′re

Walking in the wild west end
Walking, walking, walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend

Walking, walking in the-