Red Rider

Released: June 30, 1981

Songwriter: Rob Baker Peter Boynton Tom Cochrane Ken Greer Jeff Jones

Producer: Richard Landis Michael James Jackson

I left my baby, overseas
But I'm going to get her back
Someday
I got my papers
I'll do some walking
It doesn't matter
How far I've got to go
I'll take those chances
I'll climb those fences
To get my baby from overseas

'Cause she, she's my girl
Yeah, she, she's my world
She needs me

I've been out working
Every day now
To get my girlfriend
On a plane out of Romania
Through the curtain
Into the arms of her
Guy who's hurtin'

'Cause she, she's my girl
Yeah, she, she's my world
She needs me
I've been working
Everyday now
To get my girlfriend
On a plane out of Romania
Through the curtain
Into the arms of her
Guy who's hurtin'

'Cause she, she's my girl
Yeah, she, she's my world
She needs me

I got some friends who'll
Forge her passport
Make her look like a UN Diplomat
Get her to peace talks in Geneva
That's where they'll get her
And that's where I'll meet her

'Cause she, she's my girl
Yeah, she, she's my world
She needs me

Work, work, work, work
To get my baby
Work
Through the curtain
Work
To get my baby
Work
To get my baby
Work
Through the curtain
Ride down that Orient Express

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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