“Wild West” grew out of Lissie’s lack of pleasure in the major-label music industry, where she recalls that hundreds of songs per album era get condensed to a twelve-song album every three years:
I want to be happy, I want to sing the songs I wanna sing, whether or not they’re hits; I want to expre...
[Verse 1]
Are you out there
To take away my fear?
[Pre-Chorus]
I haven't lost my hope (I'm done pretending)
Even though I am so far from my home
[Chorus]
I've been living life on the edge
Slip and fall if I take one more step
There's safety in numbers, I guess
But I'm going rogue in the wild, wild west
Wild, wild west
Wild, wild west
Wild, wild
[Verse 2]
From where I stand
There's a world where you can
[Pre-Chorus]
All that you lost, you get back
And all that you want, you can have
[Chorus]
I've been living my life on the edge
Slip and fall if I take one more step
There's safety in numbers, I guess
But I'm going rogue in the wild, wild west
Wild, wild west
Wild, wild west
Wild, wild
[Bridge]
I've been dancing in the moonlight
I've been laughing with this firelight
Living, I've been giving
I've been living with the firelight
I'll be fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine, fine
[Chorus]
I've been living my life on the edge
Slip and fall if I take one more step
There's safety in numbers, I guess
But I'm going rogue in the wild, wild west (Wild, wild west)
I've been living (Wild, wild west) too close to the edge (Wild, wild west)
If I fall (Wild, wild), who's gonna catch me?
There's safety in numbers, I guess
But I'm going rogue in the wild, wild west (Wild, wild west)
[Outro]
I've been dancing (Wild, wild west) in the moonlight (Wild, wild)
I've been laughing with this firelight
Living, I've been giving
I've been giving with the firelight
I'll be fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine
Wild West was written by Curt Schneider & Lissie.
Wild West was produced by Bill Reynolds & Curt Schneider.