My Wild Child Lyrics

By The Cowboy Junkies
This is from the One Soul Now album. I love the song and hope that you enjoy the
Please send comments or suggestions to dsbatzmi@aol.com. This is my first post, so I'm not
how the format works.
Intro:
Am/Aadd9 repeated with an A bass strum. (Aadd9 is just X02200)
Betrayed? It's the question
That I am asking
F G Am (Aadd9/Am etc.)
Or just a lucky one deceived by too much love?
Confused. Is the issue.
I'm in need of a rescue
Another lucky one stunned by too much love
m
My Wild child
She's my salvaged shipwreck.
My wild child, She's my stone.
My Wild child
She's my constant reminder.
My wild child, She's my Home.
Back to Am/Aadd9
Lost, Is the place
Where I'm hammering stakes
F G Am (Aadd9/Am etc.)
Sign says "a lucky one deceived by too much love"
Saved, is the state
That we're told was graced
He was just a lucky one stunned by too much love
m
My Wild child
She's my salvaged shipwreck.
My wild child, She's my stone.
My Wild child
She's my constant reminder.
My wild child, She's my home.
Back to Am/Aadd9
Life, is the riddle
That we're caught in the middle
A couple of lucky ones tangled up in too much love
m
My Wild child
She's my salvaged shipwreck.
My wild child, She's my stone.
My Wild child
She's my constant reminder.
My wild child, She's my home.
Back to Am/Aadd9
- Notes: They go to Am briefly between first and second parts of the chorus, which is a
nicer than just dwelling on the F, but I left it out of the transcription for
I also wrote the lyrics as I hear them rather than the liner notes, since I think
that this is how it's sung.