Released: May 23, 1988
Songwriter: Rod Stewart Andy Taylor
Producer: Andy Taylor Bernard Edwards Rod Stewart
[Verse 1]
Born and raised in a motel in New Orleans
I ran away with a hobo and his gypsy friends
We rode a freight train up to Cleveland, across the Utah plains
Proud men, troubadours torn and frayed
Sleeping under the stars
While gently strumming guitars
Played the songs of Woddy Guthrie
And the open road
I knew right then I could never go home
[Chorus]
'Cause the wild horse runs free forever
Oh yeah, a wild horse runs free forever
And ever and ever
[Verse 2]
I met a girl from a family of position and wealth
What a hand this rambler had been finally dealt
A beauty six years and 10
I felt the walls closing in
Like a swollen river 'bout to overflow
Like a losing gambler, I kept on rolling
[Chorus]
And a wild horse runs free forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah
A wild horse runs free forever
The wild horse runs free forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah
A wild horse runs free forever
Play the guitar
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
So understand I must go
But I'll drink you one last toast
Oh, here's to the heart
And the hands of a man
That come with the dust
And are gone with the wind
[Chorus]
May the wild horse run free forever
Yeah, the wild horse runs free forever
The wild horse runs free forever
Yeah, the wild horse run free forever
[Outro]
Wild guitar, baby, come on, wild
I know, I know, I know, I know
Play it for me, come on
Yeah, hit it. Yeah yeah. Let me hear it, yeah
The wild horse run free ...
Born and raised in a motel in New Orleans
I ran away with a hobo and his gypsy friends
We rode a freight train up to Cleveland, across the Utah plains
Proud men, troubadours torn and frayed
Sleeping under the stars
While gently strumming guitars
Played the songs of Woddy Guthrie
And the open road
I knew right then I could never go home
[Chorus]
'Cause the wild horse runs free forever
Oh yeah, a wild horse runs free forever
And ever and ever
[Verse 2]
I met a girl from a family of position and wealth
What a hand this rambler had been finally dealt
A beauty six years and 10
I felt the walls closing in
Like a swollen river 'bout to overflow
Like a losing gambler, I kept on rolling
[Chorus]
And a wild horse runs free forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah
A wild horse runs free forever
The wild horse runs free forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah
A wild horse runs free forever
Play the guitar
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
So understand I must go
But I'll drink you one last toast
Oh, here's to the heart
And the hands of a man
That come with the dust
And are gone with the wind
[Chorus]
May the wild horse run free forever
Yeah, the wild horse runs free forever
The wild horse runs free forever
Yeah, the wild horse run free forever
[Outro]
Wild guitar, baby, come on, wild
I know, I know, I know, I know
Play it for me, come on
Yeah, hit it. Yeah yeah. Let me hear it, yeah
The wild horse run free ...
more tracks from the album
Out of Order (Bonus Track Version)
- Forever Young
- Forever Young (Live)
- Crazy About Her (Al B. Sure Remix)
- Days of Rage
- Try a Little Tenderness
- My Heart Can’t Tell You No
- Dynamite
- Lost in You
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
- Crazy About Her (B! Crazy Dub Mix)
- Crazy About Her
- The Wild Horse
- Lethal Dose of Love
- Almost Illegal
- Crazy About Her (Kyle Wyld West Edit) [Instrumental]
- When I Was Your Man
- This Old Heart of Mine (Live)
From the albums
- Out of Order (Bonus Track Version) (1988)
- Out of Order (1988)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Missing You