OPENER - CLOSER    Mainstream

Sides face grand square
It is the night, my body's weak
I'm on the run, no time to sleep
I've got to ride, ride like the wind
To be free again
Allemande left and weave
I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind, ride like the wind

FIGURE    Mainstream, corner progression

Heads (Sides) square thru 4 hands round
Dosado that corner one time round
Swing thru, boy run right
Ferris wheel, pass thru
Touch 1/4, scoot back go round
Swing that corner, promenade
So I'll ride like the wind, ride like the wind

MIDDLE BREAK    Mainstream

Sides face grand square
(Musical Break)
Allemande left and weave
I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind, ride like the wind

TAG

Gonna ride like the wind!

It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

I was born the son of a lawless man
Always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand
Lived nine lives
Gunned down ten
Gonna ride like the wind

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

Gonna ride like the wind

Accused and tried and told to hang
I was nowhere in sight when the church bells rang
Never was the kind to do as I was told
Gonna ride like the wind before I get old

It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time to sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

And I've got a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

Gonna ride like the wind
Gonna ride like the wind
Ride...

Lyrics by Christopher Cross.
Recorded by Christopher Cross.