Songwriter: Gary Richrath
Producer: Billy Rose Paul Leka
[Verse 1]
Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin' just what comes after
[Pre-Chorus]
Well your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin' or your country will burn
[Chorus]
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand
[Verse 2]
Mortgage people you crawl to your homes
Your security lies in your bed of white foam
You act concerned but then why turn away
When a lady was raped on your doorstep today
[Pre-Chorus]
Well your blacks are cryin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are dyin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin' or your country will burn
[Chorus]
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand, oh yeah......
[Solo]
[Verse 1]
Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin' just what comes after
[Pre-Chorus]
Well your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin' or your country will burn, yeah
[Chorus]
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand
Oh yeah
[Chorus]
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand
We must, we must make a stand, oh yeah
Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin' just what comes after
[Pre-Chorus]
Well your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin' or your country will burn
[Chorus]
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand
[Verse 2]
Mortgage people you crawl to your homes
Your security lies in your bed of white foam
You act concerned but then why turn away
When a lady was raped on your doorstep today
[Pre-Chorus]
Well your blacks are cryin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are dyin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin' or your country will burn
[Chorus]
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand, oh yeah......
[Solo]
[Verse 1]
Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin' just what comes after
[Pre-Chorus]
Well your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin' or your country will burn, yeah
[Chorus]
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand
Oh yeah
[Chorus]
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand
We must, we must make a stand, oh yeah
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- R.E.O./T.W.O. (1972)
- A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980 (1980)
- The Essential REO Speedwagon (2004)
REO Speedwagon popular songs
- Can’t Fight This Feeling
- Keep on Loving You
- Take It on the Run
- Roll with the Changes
- Time for Me to Fly
- Ridin’ the Storm Out
- In My Dreams
- Tough Guys
- Down by the Dam
- ’Til the Rivers Run Dry
- (Only A) Summer Love
- Dead at Last
- Heavy on Your Love
- All Heaven Broke Loose
- Give Me a Ride (Roller Coaster)
- Another Lifetime
- They’re on the Road
- Any Kind of Love
- Only the Strong Survive
- One Too Many Girlfriends
- Back on the Road Again
- Shakin’ It Loose
- You Won’t See Me
- Screams and Whispers