Story Behind The Song
Was watching the news, got depressed and just wrote the words in about 10 minutes.
Song Description
A song lamenting the sad state of so many young people in the streets of America.
| Song Length |
2:48 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male/Female |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Poignant |
Subject |
Violence, Crime, Theft |
Lyrics
The Call of the Wild
©1995 Michael Porter & Phil Black
Black-Porter Music, Inc.
There's a child who hides in the moonlight
As a child goes by in the moonlight
One of them will die in the moonlight
Hear the call of the wild
There's a babe who screams in the midnight
As the gunshots ring in the midnight
As the sirens sing in the midnight
Hear the call of the wild
What goes on out there
God only knows
As they kill each other
For the color of their clothes
So we close our eyes and so on it goes
Every night
The call of the wild
Every night
The call of the wild
There's a child who stands in the streetlight
Talking to a man in the streetlight
As she takes his hand in the streetlight
Hear the call of the wild
There's a yellow stripe in the moonlight
Red and blue flashing lights in the moonlight
And a bag zipped tight in the moonlight
Hear the call of the wild
What goes on out there
God only knows
As they buy their highs
And they sell their souls
So we close our eyes and so on it goes
Every night
The call of the wild
Every night
The call of the wild