Back in the days of the radio I'd buy Lps in a local store Play my records on the stereo Why why so long ago
Here in the age of the satellites There's so much I don't recognize What's become of our paradise Why why, what an easy crime
Chorus1: I got the news Flooding through the mail from friends Natasha says the winter is so wild and hot In Leningrad
Finding dates through cyber space Making love is a click away Dinners served from a microwave It's wild wild to live a modern life
Gone are the days of the radio I don't buy music in a local store I don't play my records on the stereo It's gone gone so long ago
Chorus2: Al sends regards He said he is going out of his mind The sun is shining in the middle of a quiet Carthage night It's wild wild wild wild Rain's pouring down in a desert on the sand Eshref says snow fall on a pyramid is wild wild wild
"We interrupt this song for an urgent weather bulletin! Temperatures have plummetted to 12 below 0 centigrade-at the Equator! Meanwhile, there's an intense dry spell sweeping across South Americas Tropical rain forests! And this just in. There's a raging fire burning everything in sight-along the Polar ice caps!"
Chorus3: I got the news Flooding through the mail from friends Jorgen says the winter is so wild and hot In Legoland Christmas in Rome Feels like summer on the beach Maria saw the Santa surfing winter tide It's wild wild wild