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The Red And The Black Lyrics
Canadian mounted baby, a police force that works
Red and black, that's their color scheme
Get their man, in the end
It's all right (repeat four more times)
Oh yeah my honey knows it's all right
It's all right (repeat four more times)
Oh yeah my baby knows it's all right
c'mon little husky
Frontenac Chateau baby
I'll cross the frontier at ten
Got a whip in my hand baby
And a girl or a husky at leather's end
It's all right (repeat four more times)
Oh yeah my honey knows it's all right
It's all right (repeat four more times)
Oh yeah my baby knows it's all right
Horn swoop me bungo pony, dogsled on ice
Make a dash for freedom baby don't skate on polar ice
It's too thick to be sliced by the light
Of long and white polar nights
It's all right (repeat four more times)
Oh yeah my honey knows it's all right
It's all right (repeat four more times)
Oh yeah my baby knows it's all right
Red and black, that's their color scheme
Get their man, in the end
Oh yeah my honey knows it's all right
It's all right (repeat four more times)
Oh yeah my baby knows it's all right
c'mon little husky
I'll cross the frontier at ten
Got a whip in my hand baby
And a girl or a husky at leather's end
Oh yeah my honey knows it's all right
It's all right (repeat four more times)
Oh yeah my baby knows it's all right
Make a dash for freedom baby don't skate on polar ice
It's too thick to be sliced by the light
Of long and white polar nights
Oh yeah my honey knows it's all right
It's all right (repeat four more times)
Oh yeah my baby knows it's all right
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I've always wondered what they were talking about in this song, besides the Mounties. There's obviously some nitty-gritty S&m stuff intertwined. I don't think it's just drug induced rambling. One of the best things about BOC is their incredibly precise, (while remaining) obscure lyrics. Everything always means something. My dad told me once that he and a friend used to write in to the official fanclub or people of the band, and they would mail back lyrics to songs they requested, and I assume some kind of explanation. Maybe we're all left to our own devices for deciphering them for a reason. Maybe it's all about coming to our own individual conclusions?
Hey Harvester, indeed, a fan club address was listed within the liner of a couple albums, and they'd reply with lyrics printed on computer greenbar paper, which was ubiquitous for mass commercial printing through the 1980's and on. No explanation was included nor, imhfo, needed.
Hey Harvester, indeed, a fan club address was listed within the liner of a couple albums, and they'd reply with lyrics printed on computer greenbar paper, which was ubiquitous for mass commercial printing through the 1980's and on. No explanation was included nor, imhfo, needed.
What I wouldn't give to dig up my old greenbar lyrics.
What I wouldn't give to dig up my old greenbar lyrics.
When I was a kid skiing with grandpa, the tips of my skis caught on the icy crust of snow when I was turning and I did a faceplant. Grandpa said that was called a horn swoop and I am sure the same would apply to a dogsled on ice especially when being pulled by any "bungo pony" whether that be a girl or a husky at the end of the leather harness. It's alright if you don't understand.
How come "You kill and ya Maim" isn't included in this lyric listing for The Red And The Black?
Saw Mike Watt and Secondmen do this live - sad to say that BOC had nothing on their version.
It's easy to cover a song, much harder to write it in the first place...
Two words about cover versions .... Michael Bolton
@ZipperHead His version of this song is something to behold!
@ZipperHead His version of this song is something to behold!
It is about the Canadian police force, although I think it is in an alternate universe.
It's about Canadian police but lines like "Hornswoop me bungo pony" still make no sense to me
Hornswoop me bungo pony may be a dialect phrase.
drug induced...