Featuring: Charlie Daniels Jeff Hanna John Denver
Songwriter: Michael Martin Murphey
Producer: Bob Johnston
Twisted trains, unseen chains
And broken bars of steel
Dangling hopes, lengths of rope
And a chase that seems surreal
Renegade, renegade
Somebody dealt you
The 'Ace of Spades'
You lost your bet
Now your debt is paid
But you know your strongest
Hand has not been played
Idols so well known
Just faces turned to stone
Now you always go alone
Or you're betrayed
Dead end canyon rim
And you're hanging on a limb
As your whole mirage
Begins to fade
Renegade, renegade
Somebody dealt you
The 'Ace of Spades'
You lost your bet
Now your debt is paid
But you know your strongest
Hand has not been played
Loose at last
Loose from your past
And loose from an image
That tries to change too fast
Now you're deaf to any voice
Trying to change your choice
There is no role
Because there is no cast
You're just a renegade
You're a renegade
Renegade, renegade
Yes, a renegade
And broken bars of steel
Dangling hopes, lengths of rope
And a chase that seems surreal
Renegade, renegade
Somebody dealt you
The 'Ace of Spades'
You lost your bet
Now your debt is paid
But you know your strongest
Hand has not been played
Idols so well known
Just faces turned to stone
Now you always go alone
Or you're betrayed
Dead end canyon rim
And you're hanging on a limb
As your whole mirage
Begins to fade
Renegade, renegade
Somebody dealt you
The 'Ace of Spades'
You lost your bet
Now your debt is paid
But you know your strongest
Hand has not been played
Loose at last
Loose from your past
And loose from an image
That tries to change too fast
Now you're deaf to any voice
Trying to change your choice
There is no role
Because there is no cast
You're just a renegade
You're a renegade
Renegade, renegade
Yes, a renegade
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Swans Against the Sun (1975)
Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Renegade
- Little Joe, the Wrangler
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Riders in the Sky
- What Am I Doing Here
- From the Word Go
- Ring of Truth
- Children of the Wild World
- Roses and Thorns
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Geronimo’s Cadillac
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Harbor For My Soul
- Running Shadow
- Cowboy Logic
- Hearts in the Right Place
- Calico Silver
- The Heart Knows the Truth
- Wild Bird
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue