Released: December 20, 1979
Songwriter: Christopher Cross
Producer: Michael Omartian
[Verse 1]
It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again
[Chorus]
And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind
[Verse 2]
I was born the son of a lawless man
Always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand
Lived nine lives
Gunned down ten
Gonna ride like the wind
[Chorus]
And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind
[Verse 3]
Accused and tried and told to hang
I was nowhere in sight when the church bells rang
Never was the kind to do as I was told
Gonna ride like the wind before I get old
[Bridge]
It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again
[Chorus]
And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind
And I've got a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind
[Outro]
Gonna ride like the wind
Ride
Gonna ride like the wind
Gonna ride
It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again
[Chorus]
And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind
[Verse 2]
I was born the son of a lawless man
Always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand
Lived nine lives
Gunned down ten
Gonna ride like the wind
[Chorus]
And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind
[Verse 3]
Accused and tried and told to hang
I was nowhere in sight when the church bells rang
Never was the kind to do as I was told
Gonna ride like the wind before I get old
[Bridge]
It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again
[Chorus]
And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind
And I've got a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind
[Outro]
Gonna ride like the wind
Ride
Gonna ride like the wind
Gonna ride
more tracks from the album
The Best of Soft Rock: Ride Like the Wind
- You’re So Vain
- Ride Like the Wind
- Making Love Out of Nothing at All
- Sailing
- Ooh Baby Baby
- Him
- How Much I Feel
- Saturday in the Park
- Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
- One More Night
- The Living Years
- I Want to Know What Love Is
- If You Leave Me Now
- Blinded by the Light
- Waiting for a Girl Like You
- It Might Be You
From the albums
- The Best of Soft Rock: Ride Like the Wind
- Christopher Cross (1979)
- Sessions® Presents The Greatest Hits Album (1982)
- Only Rock ’N Roll 1980 - 1984 (1995)
- Body Talk: The Language of Love 1965-1995 Love and Tenderness (1997)
- Walking in Avalon (1998)
- Cross Words - The Best of Christopher Cross (2011)
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: Music from the Motion Picture (2013)
- Yacht Rock AOR (2015)
Christopher Cross popular songs
- Sailing
- Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- Ride Like the Wind
- Think of Laura
- All Right
- Never Be the Same
- In A Red Room
- Minstrel Gigolo
- I’ll Be Alright
- No Time For Talk
- Rendezvous
- Nothing Will Change
- Love Is Love (In Any Language)
- She Told Me So
- Angry Young Men
- Alibi
- Just One Look
- Wishing Well
- Still I Resist
- Spinning
- Baby Says No
- Wild Wild West
- Is There Something
- It’s You That Really Matters