Lyrics
Well, you wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you
You asked me not to call you on the phone
There's something I've been waiting for to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song

You never knew there were honky tonk angels
Or you might have known I'd never make a wife
You walked out on the only one who ever loved you
So I went back to the wild side of life

Now the glamor of the good life always lead me
To the places where the wild liquor flows
I tried to be your one and only angel
But I'm not that kind of angel, heaven knows

I cried so hard the day you went and left me
'Cause some things you said, they cut me like a knife
What you wanted was another kind of angel
And you should be back to the wild side of life

No, well, I guess I'm just a honky tonk angel
I might have known I'd never make a wife
Well, you left the only one who ever loved you
And I'm back here on the wild side of life

I'm only a honky tonk angel
I might have known I'd never make a wife
You walked out on the only one who ever loved you
And you left me here on the wild side of life

Copyright: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): Buddy Guy




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The Wild Side of Life
ROD STEWART - THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE - (Honky Tonk Angels) - LIVE 1981
Rod Stewart - The wild side of life - A night on the town TV special 1976
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The Wild Side of Life (2009 Remaster)
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Rod Stewart - The Wild Side Of Life (Live TV Special) Rare 1976 HD
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