Red Wing Song Lyrics and Chords by The Steel Wheels
Red Wing
Recorded by the Steel Wheels
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In the summer sun in
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nineteen eighty
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one
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day was long till I
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heard the song
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whistle like the wind
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I was standing there dust was
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flying through the
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air
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days before when
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we believed in
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things we couldn't
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see
Oh my
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red wing take me
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softly
To my
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home now to my
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family
Oh my
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red wing hold me
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closely
Take me
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under the brightest
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sun
When the day is done and
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another night has
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come
I'll
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rest my weary
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bones and pray the
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bird I love hasn't flown away
And I
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recall again that
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to my kindest
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friends
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ground below will
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be set free
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and with my love I'll
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be
repeat #2
Mommy she has none
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she was never
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one
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metal wings or
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death machines or
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anything
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when my time has come and
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all my days are
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done
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heaven waits we'll
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breach the gates on
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her wings we'll be
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one
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Oh my
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red wing take me
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softly
To my
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home now to my
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family
Oh my
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red wing hold me
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closely
Take me
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under the setting
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sun
FAQ
Who sang the the song Red Wing?
- The song Red Wing was sang by The Steel Wheels.
Who is The Steel Wheels?
- Steel Wheels is the 19th British (and 21st American) studio album by British rock band the Rolling Stones. Released on 29 August 1989, it was the final album of new material that the band would record for Columbia Records.
Heralded as a major comeback upon its release, Steel Wheels is notable for the patching up of the working relationship between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, a reversion to a more classic style of music and the launching of the band's biggest world tour to date. It is also the final full-length studio album to involve long-time bassist Bill Wyman, preceding the announcement of his departure in January 1993. Wyman's final tenure with the band would be on two studio tracks for the 1991 album Flashpoint. Steel Wheels was also the first album not to feature former member and frequent contributor on piano Ian Stewart, who died shortly before the release of their previous album Dirty Work. It was produced by Richards and Jagger, along with Chris Kimsey, who had previously produced the Stones' 1983 Undercover.
After the relative disappointment of their prior two albums, Steel Wheels was a hit, reaching multi-platinum status in the United States, Top 5 status in numerous markets around the world, and spawning two hit singles: "Mixed Emotions," which peaked at No. 1 in Canada and No. 5 in the United States, and "Rock and a Hard Place", the band's last Top-40 hit in the US. Critics were generally lukewarm towards the album, exemplified by Stephen Thomas Erlewine: 'It doesn't make for a great Stones album, but it's not bad, and it feels like a comeback.'
