Lyrics to
Renegade

This version of Renegade was released by Steppenwolf in 1970.

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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 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”

I thought I had 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 look around, please, don’t make a sound
If they should find you now
The Man will shoot you down”

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Steppenwolf has released many songs over the years besides Renegade. Steppenwolf released songs from 1968 to 1990 spanning across albums like The Second, Steppenwolf, Monster, At Your Birthday Party, 7, For Ladies Only, Slow Flux, Hour Of The Wolf, Skullduggery, Wolftracks, Paradox, Rock & Roll Rebels, and Rise & Shine. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Steppenwolf.

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About Lyrics and Renegade by Steppenwolf

The lyrics to Renegade are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Steppenwolf in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Renegade are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Steppenwolf and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Renegade back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Renegade by Steppenwolf in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Renegade" means the words set to the music of Renegade, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Renegade and the lyrics to Renegade are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to Renegade, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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