Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
So choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die

Lost but now I am found
I can see but once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get
Scared that I couldn't find
All the answers, honey

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come take a walk on the wild side
Come kiss me hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
So, choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die
We were born to die
We were born to die

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die (we were born to die)

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
So choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die

Lost but now I am found
I can see but once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get
Scared that I couldn't find
All the answers, honey

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come take a walk on the wild side
Come kiss me hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
So, choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die
We were born to die
We were born to die

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die (we were born to die)

The song was written by Del Rey and tells the story of an unstable and abusive relationship that she feels unable to leave. “Oh, my heart it breaks every step that I take / But I’m hoping at the gates, they’ll tell me that you’re mine”, as well as the chorus consisting of Del Rey telling her abusive lover that they were “born to die”, meaning that their relationship was never fit to last. She also begs her lover to not make her sad or cry, but to “keep making me laugh – let’s go get high”, which could allude to the couple using drugs as a method of distraction from the real problems of the relationship. Musically, the track has incredible string arrangements that make the track feel overly dramatic and cinematic in some form, along with Del Rey’s haunting vocals – the track grabs anyone and everyone by the heartstrings.

The music video was based on a concept created by Del Rey herself, and was directed by Yoann Lemoine, who ended up working with Del Rey for her other music videos such as “Blue Jeans”. Bradley Soileau plays Del Rey’s lover (and also ended up continuing this role in her “Blue Jeans” music video”) . 

The video does showcase an abusive relationship, and ends with Del Rey dying in a car accident with Soileau behind the wheel, potentially symbolising that Soileau’s abusive love will be the death of her is she does not leave him. The music video won an award at the UK music video awards, and has almost 400 million views on YouTube with almost 2 million likes.

.................................................................................................... and tells the story of an unstable and abusive relationship that she feels unable to leave. “Oh, my heart it breaks every step that I take / But I’m hoping at the gates, they’ll tell me that you’re mine”, as well as the chorus consisting of Del Rey telling her abusive lover that they were “born to die”, meaning that their relationship was never fit to last. ......................................................................................................................., but to “keep making me laugh – let’s go get high”, which could allude to the couple using drugs as a method of distraction from the real problems of the relationship. Musically, the track has incredible string arrangements that make the track feel overly dramatic and cinematic in some form, along with Del Rey’s haunting vocals – the track grabs anyone and everyone by the heartstrings.

......................................................................................................................., and ......................................................................................................................, who ended up working with Del Rey for her other music videos such as “Blue Jeans”. ...................................................................................................................... (and also ended up continuing this role in her “Blue Jeans” music video”) . 

The video does showcase an abusive relationship, and ends with Del Rey dying in a car accident with Soileau behind the wheel, potentially symbolising that Soileau’s abusive love will be the death of her if she does not leave him. The music video won an award at the UK music video awards, and has almost 400 million views on YouTube with almost 2 million likes.