Walk on the wild side- artist: brook benton as sung on "the satin sound brook benton"- suffolk marketing-smi 2- peak billboard position # 43 in 1962- also charted at #21 in 1962 by jimmy smith and the big band- title song from the movie starring laurence harvey. jane fonda, and capucine- words by mack david and music by elmer bernstein-not to be confused with similarly-titled hit for lou reed in 1973sinner, hear what i'm sayin'sinner, you've been swingin', not prayin'one day of prayin' and six nights of funthe odds against goin' to heaven, six-to-oneyou walk on the wild side, the devil is waitin'he's waitin' to take your handyou walk on the wild side, you're walkin' with satanaway from the promised landone day of prayin' and six nights of funthe odds against going to heaven, six-to-oneyou better cross over, you better walk humble or you're gonna stumbleand satan is waitin' to take your handyou walk on the wild side, you walk on the wild sideaway from the promised landone day of prayin' and six nights of funthe odds against going to heaven, six-to-onethe odds against going to heaven six-to-onetranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.