Red Rider

Songwriter: Tom Cochrane

Producer: David Tickle Ed Thacker

I can see it on the road ahead
Running hard I'm here, but I could be there instead
Many houses with the lights on
Silhouettes behind the shades beside fires
I'm sure I saw you in one

I loved you but that was way back then
Now I'm alone outside
And I face the wind
The rain washes me thin

Knocked me down and I got back up
And I got myself back in the race again
Knock me down, and I'll get back up
And I'll get myself back in the race again

Race through the shadows, race against stone
The sunken city that I thought was my own
Might be in a brave new world, but it's really not my home

Roll over fall in, "My god", I screamed
They might catch them, but they won't catch me
I'm out here clean and I'm free...yes I'm free

Knocked me down, but I got back up
And I got myself back in the race again
Knock me down, and I'll get back up
And I'll get myself back in the race again

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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