Released: December 7, 1971
Songwriter: Paul McCartney Linda McCartney
Producer: Paul McCartney
[Intro]
The world "wild" applies to the words "you" and "me"
[Verse 1]
While taking a walk through an African park one day
I saw a sign say, "The animals have the right of way"
[Chorus]
Wild life, whatever happened to
Wild life, the animals in the zoo?
[Verse 2]
You're breathing so hot
A lot of political nonsense in the air
You're making it hard
For the people who live in there
You're moving so fast
But, baby, you know not where
[Chorus]
Wild life (wild life)
What's going to happen to
Wild life (wild life)
The animals in the zoo?
[Verse 3]
You'd better stop
There's animals everywhere
And man is the top, an animal too
And, man, you just gotta care
[Chorus]
Wild life (wild life)
What's going to happen to
Wild life (wild life)
The animals in the zoo?
[Verse 2]
You're breathing a lot
Of political nonsense in the air
You're making it hard
For the people who live in there
[Outro]
Wild life (wild life)
What's going to happen to (whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Wild life (wild life)
The animals in the zoo? (Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
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Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
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Ah, la-la-ah (wild life)
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Ah, ah, ah (wild life)
The animals in the zoo? (Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Woo, woo
Wild life (wild life)
Whatever happened to (whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Wild life (wild life)
Whatever happened to (whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Woo, woo
(Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
The world "wild" applies to the words "you" and "me"
[Verse 1]
While taking a walk through an African park one day
I saw a sign say, "The animals have the right of way"
[Chorus]
Wild life, whatever happened to
Wild life, the animals in the zoo?
[Verse 2]
You're breathing so hot
A lot of political nonsense in the air
You're making it hard
For the people who live in there
You're moving so fast
But, baby, you know not where
[Chorus]
Wild life (wild life)
What's going to happen to
Wild life (wild life)
The animals in the zoo?
[Verse 3]
You'd better stop
There's animals everywhere
And man is the top, an animal too
And, man, you just gotta care
[Chorus]
Wild life (wild life)
What's going to happen to
Wild life (wild life)
The animals in the zoo?
[Verse 2]
You're breathing a lot
Of political nonsense in the air
You're making it hard
For the people who live in there
[Outro]
Wild life (wild life)
What's going to happen to (whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Wild life (wild life)
The animals in the zoo? (Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
(Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Ah, la-la-ah (wild life)
Whatever happened to (Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Ah, ah, ah (wild life)
The animals in the zoo? (Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Woo, woo
Wild life (wild life)
Whatever happened to (whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Wild life (wild life)
Whatever happened to (whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Woo, woo
(Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
more tracks from the album
The Paul McCartney Collection
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- One More Kiss
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Country Dreamer
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
- Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
- Helen Wheels
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- Let Me Roll It
- When The Night
- Single Pigeon
- My Love
- Big Barn Bed
- Mama’s Little Girl
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Little Woman Love
- C Moon
- The Mess (Live in The Hague)
- Mumbo (Link)
- Medley: Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands of Love/Power Cut
- Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)
- Hot As Sun/Glasses
- Kreen-Akrore
- Valentine Day
- Momma Miss America
- Singalong Junk
- Mumbo
- No Words
- Little Lamb Dragonfly
- I Lie Around
- Get on the Right Thing
- Dear Friend
- Tomorrow
- Oh Woman, Oh Why
- Ram On
- 3 Legs
- Teddy Boy
- Oo You
- Man We Was Lonely
- Junk
- Every Night
- That Would Be Something
- The Lovely Linda
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
- Maybe I’m Amazed
- Too Many People
- Dear Boy
- Smile Away
- Another Day
- The Back Seat of My Car
- Ram On (Reprise)
- Bluebird
- I Am Your Singer
- Long Haired Lady
- Some People Never Know
- Wild Life
- Jet
- Eat at Home
- Love is Strange
- Monkberry Moon Delight
- Bip Bop
- Heart of the Country
- Band on the Run
From the albums
- Wild Life (1971)
- The Paul McCartney Collection (1993)
- MOM 3: Music For Out Mother Ocean (1999)
- Wild Life (Archive Collection) (2018)
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