Released: June 30, 1981
Songwriter: Rob Baker Tom Cochrane Ken Greer
Producer: Richard Landis Michael James Jackson
Me and some friends, whoa
We been buddies since Boca Raton
Signed on a ship
To take a trip to old Taiwan
Got as far as Siam
Took it on the lam
Arrived in Hong Kong with all our money gone
We joined up with a gang when
We found we couldn't go on
We still remain here
Though we don't belong
That's what they call us
Cowboys in Hong Kong
The stakes were high tonight
We're going to break on through
We're hiding in the tall grass
Waiting for our signal to move
Our friends are inside
They were beaten they were tied
We've got to get them out
Before they blow our cover wide
Some sad GI Joe's
Mind wanders home
Thinks about a girl left behind
We're freedom fighters
And so we say
They like to tell us
That anyway
We still remain here
Though we don't belong
That's why they call us
Cowboys in Hong Kong
There's a girl that he sees
When he's feeling lonely
She'll laugh and say, 'Okay Joe'
When they hold real tight
In the dead of the night
He'll pretend she's from Ohio
Oh... I'm a cowboy in Hong Kong
We're freedom fighters
And so we say
They like to tell us
That anyway
We still remain here
Though we don't belong
That's why they call us
Cowboys in Hong Kong
We been buddies since Boca Raton
Signed on a ship
To take a trip to old Taiwan
Got as far as Siam
Took it on the lam
Arrived in Hong Kong with all our money gone
We joined up with a gang when
We found we couldn't go on
We still remain here
Though we don't belong
That's what they call us
Cowboys in Hong Kong
The stakes were high tonight
We're going to break on through
We're hiding in the tall grass
Waiting for our signal to move
Our friends are inside
They were beaten they were tied
We've got to get them out
Before they blow our cover wide
Some sad GI Joe's
Mind wanders home
Thinks about a girl left behind
We're freedom fighters
And so we say
They like to tell us
That anyway
We still remain here
Though we don't belong
That's why they call us
Cowboys in Hong Kong
There's a girl that he sees
When he's feeling lonely
She'll laugh and say, 'Okay Joe'
When they hold real tight
In the dead of the night
He'll pretend she's from Ohio
Oh... I'm a cowboy in Hong Kong
We're freedom fighters
And so we say
They like to tell us
That anyway
We still remain here
Though we don't belong
That's why they call us
Cowboys in Hong Kong
- As Far as Siam (1981)
- Over 60 Minutes with Red Rider (1987)
- Lunatic Fringe
- Laughing Man
- Ships
- Work Out
- Walking The Fine Line
- Cowboys In Hong Kong (As Far As Siam)
- Napoleon Sheds His Skin
- Can’t Turn Back
- Light In The Tunnel/Human Race
- Human Race
- Power (Strength in Numbers)
- White Hot
- Thru The Curtain
- Light in the Tunnel
- Winner Take All
- Sights On You
- What Have You Got To Do (To Get Off Tonight)
- Only Game In Town
- Crack The Sky (Breakaway)
- Caught In The Middle
- Avenue A
- Don’t Let Go Of Me