[Verse 1: Christopher Cross]
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

[Chorus: Christopher Cross (Michael McDonald)]
And I've got such a long way to go (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

[Verse 2: Christopher Cross]
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

[Chorus: Christopher Cross (Michael McDonald)]
And I've got such a long way to go (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
[Post-Chorus: Christopher Cross]
Gonna ride like the wind

[Verse 3: Christopher Cross]
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

[Bridge: Christopher Cross]
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

[Chorus: Christopher Cross (Michael McDonald)]
And I've got such a long way to go (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 (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
[Outro: Christopher Cross]
Gonna ride like the wind
Ride
Gonna ride like the wind
Ride