Red Rider

Songwriter: Tom Cochrane

Producer: David Tickle Ed Thacker

Time is up, I don't know where you are
Sands run down, I can't see that far
Are you shot straight back into another star
Where your mouth it moves, but the words don't come
You don't give it another thought
Little round peg in a big square slot
Strangest son in a big top coat
If you go that far then that's all she wrote
Win or lose you've got the Berlin blues
Your back's to the wall
Winner take all, take all

I know the face can you remember the name
You know the one with the silicon plan
The high step roller from the Argentine
The one they all called the 'Wolverine'
You kept your back to the wind
And your tracks so clean
They all wanted to get to you
They all wanted to know if it was true
Were you standing in the shadows in old Kitzbuhel
Getting oh so high when you turned the screw
Could you feel us there, did you know that we knew

Win or lose...

I see a light, I can hear a voice as someone says
You're going home for good tonight
If you win or lose, you've got the Berlin blues
When you back's to the wall
Winner, take all take all
They'll try to tell you that's all
Winner take all, all

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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