Whitesnake

Songwriter: Bernie Marsden David ‘Duck’ Dowle David Coverdale Jon Lord Micky Moody Neil Murray

Producer: Martin Birch

You're taking a walk on the wild side
If you're gonna take a chance with me
I'm gonna make you take a look on the inside
And you might not like what you see
So don't you knock on my door
If you don't want an answer
Gimme a beat
If you don't want a dancer
I've got my love gun loaded
I've got you in my sight
I never take no for an answer
So you'd better say yes tonight
I told you the score
Right from the start
You'll never get to heaven
If you break my heart
So if you don't mean business
Knock on someone else's door
'Cos it's a mean, mean business
Staying alive if you fool with me
You say you want my money
I say you've got no sense
If you just wanna bleed me dry
Stay on the side of the fence
No mercy you can see
'Cos seven to eleven made a fool out of me
So if you don't mean business
Knock on someone else's door
'Cos it's a mean, mean business
Staying alive if you fool with me
You're taking a walk on the wild side
If you're gonna take a chance with me
I'm gonna make you take a look on the inside
And you might not like what you see
So don't you knock on my door
If you don't want an answer
Gimme a beat
If you don't want a dancer
So if you don't mean business
Knock on someone else's door
'Cos it's a mean, mean business
Staying alive if you fool with me
So if you don't mean business
Knock on someone else's door
'Cos it's a mean, mean business
Staying alive if you fool with me

Whitesnake are a rock band formed in England in 1978 by David Coverdale, after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple. Their early material has been compared by critics to the blues rock of Deep Purple, but they slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible rock style. By the turn of the decade, the band’s commercial fortunes changed and they released a string of UK top 10 albums, Ready an' Willing (1980), Come an' Get It (1981), Saints & Sinners (1982) and Slide It In (1984), the last of which was their first to chart in the US and is certified 2x platinum.

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