Red Rider

Released: June 30, 1981

Songwriter: Tom Cochrane Jeff Jones

Producer: Richard Landis Michael James Jackson

Could be bookie, wheeler dealer
Mister in-between, yeah
Spent your money
Like nobody
You had ever seen

On the outside
And the inside
All the way to the bank
If you find your till is empty
You have him to thank

Laughing man
He's laughing
Laughing man
He's laughing man

Always there with his
Hand out sharply
And a greasy palm, yeah
Got yourself a new set of car keys
Turn around it's gone

Could be laughing
In the back room
At the private store, whoa
If he's there to
Give a favor
Take back a whole lot more

Whoa

Laughing man
He's laughing
Laughing man
He's laughing
Laughing man

He's got the best
But he wants more
After he takes the rest
You'll be back out the door
Hustling friends, whoa

Laughing man
He's laughing
Laughing man
He's laughing
Laughing man
He's laughing
Laughing man
He's laughing
Laughing man

Laughing man
Laughing man
Laughing man

Red Rider was a Canadian rock band that formed in 1975. A few years later, future rock legend Tom Cochrane joined the band, and in 1979 released its breakthrough album Don’t Fight It. As Far as Siam, released in 1981, contained Lunatic Fringe, which remains Red Rider’s largest success. The band broke up silently in 1990, but reformed in 2002 and plays live to this day.

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