Renegade - Steppenwolf

Track 5. 'Renegade'. From the album 'Rest In Peace'.

Written by Goldie McJohn, George Biondo and John Kay

George Biondo - Bass, Vocals (Background)
Larry Byrom - Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Goldy McJohn - Keyboards
John Kay - Guitar, Vocals, Guitar (Electric), Harmonica
Jerry Edmonton - Drums

Richard Podolar - Producer, Engineer
Bill Cooper - Engineer


♪♫ My birthplace would be hard to find
It changed so many times
I'm not sure where it belongs
But they tell me the Baltic coast is full of amber
And the land was green
Before the tanks came
One day I learned just how it used to be
The devils' curse brought the whole world to it's knees
And it was "Hey you, keep your head down
Don't you look around, please don't make a sound
If they should find you now
The Man will shoot you down"

It's a mighty long way out of the darkness
To where the sun is free to shine
Oh! The truck came by to put us in the back
And left us where the railroad tracks cross the line
Then the border guide took us by the hand
And led us thru the hole into the promise land beyond
And I can hear him now
Whispering soft and low
"When you get to the other side
Just run like hell"

"Hey you, keep your head down
Don't you look around, please don't make a sound
If they should find you now
The Man will shoot you down"
[x2]

(It's cold / *called..............it's cold* civil war) [?]

I thought I found a quiet place
Where I could learn how to catch my childhood dreams
But on my left and to my right they keep on shouting
While I'm just stuck here in between
Lord! I'm tried of running and I don't believe I can
I can hear them calling time and time again
And it's "Hey you, keep your head down
Don't you look around, please, don't make a sound
If they should find you now
The Man will shoot you down" ♪♫


http://www.steppenwolf.com/
The official Steppenwolf website.


~ [Many thanks to the copyright owners UMG for allowing this to be heard on YouTube] ~ ☺

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Hard
• rock
• Renegade
• Rest
• In
• Peace
• Rock
• Steppenwolf
• 1972

[AnarchoCap]

Love all of teh old Seppenwolf.  Thanks Groover

[ELGROOVER]

To AnarchoCap ~ You're welcome ☼ ;-j

[mikemanitou]

Amazing guitar jam in the middle...that Bobby Cochran? This pure jam band bliss 35 years before the term was used!!!!

[ELGROOVER]

To mikemanitou ~ I believe this was made a few years before B.C. hehe..(-; Larry Byrom is credited as axeman here. It's a tasty jam alright! Not 'alf!! ;-j

[nameofthepen]

They were legend! Nice upload, Groover. :-)

[ELGROOVER]

Yes indeed! Cheers Nom ☺

[SgtPepper96034]

"The land was green before the tanks came".

Sounds like L.A.:)

[MaceMn]

Originally released on Steppenwolf 7 (1970). If I'm not mistaken.

[TheWick53]

Groover my man... You fuckin rock dude. Oh ok...I know that's corny ole man speak..but it true none the less.

[elscottosg]

Hey Rip, I was lucky enough to see them in Minneapolis about '81 while they still had a real bass guitarist. I was disappointed when I later heard they were having the bass guitar parts done by keyboard.

[ripsnortinroy]

i was lucky enough to see Steppenwolf in Monterey, CA in 1980. small venue and was so close to John Kay when he did this song. this song was done on Steppenwolf 7 originally, BTW.

[TheWick53]

It's so good to know there are still a few of us around>

[vtwinbuilder]

thanks for posting this song,brings back alot of memories , knees in the breeze

[meselthan]

@wolfinwoods79 i still have the original album,no,it's not for sale,lol

[meselthan]

damn i love this song;Never ever heard it on the radio.