Lyrics for singles by REO Speedwagon

Golden Country

Golden country, your face is so red
With all of your money, your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin' just what comes after

Well your blacks are dyin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn

The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave, we must make a stand

Mortgage people, you crawl to your homes
Your security lies in your bed of white foam
You act concerned but then why turn away
When a lady was raped on your doorstep today

Well your blacks are cryin' but your back is still turned
And your freaks are dyin' but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn

[chorus]

Ridin' the Storm Out

Ridin' the storm out
Waitin' for the thaw out
On a full moon night in the Rocky Mountain winter

My wine bottle's low
Watching for the snow
I've been thinking lately of what I'm missing in the city

And I'm not missing a thing
Watchin' the full moon crossing the range
Ridin' the storm out
Ridin' the storm out

My lady's beside me
She's there to guide me
She says that alone we've finally found home

The wind outside is frightening
but it's kinder than the lightning
Life in the city
It's a hard life to live but it gives back what you give

Roll with the Changes

As soon as you are able, woman I am willing
To make the break that we are on the brink of
My cup is on the table, my love is spilling
Waiting here for you to take and drink of

So if you're tired of the same old story
Oh, turn some pages
I will be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes, yeah, yeah

I knew it had to happen, felt the tables turnin'
Got me through my darkest hour
I heard the thunder clappin', felt the desert burnin'
Until you poured on me like a sweet sunshower

So if you're tired of the same old story
Oh, turn some pages
I will be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes, ooooh

So if you're tired of the same old story
Oh baby, turn some pages
I will be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes, baby
Roll with the changes
Ah you know you know you know you got to

(Keep on rollin') Oh yeah
(Keep on rollin'), oooh roll with the changes
Keep on rollin' (keep on rollin' keep on rollin')
Oh now roll with the changes oh baby
(Keep on rollin') oh babe (keep on rollin')
Oh you got to learn to roll with the changes
Got to, got to, got to, got to keep on rollin'
Keep on rollin', got to learn to, got to learn to
Got to learn to roll

Keep on rollin', keep on rollin', oooh
Keep on rollin', keep on rollin', oooh
Keep on rollin', keep on rollin', oooh
Keep on rollin', keep on rollin', oooh, aah

Only the Strong Survive

You may not know this but you are everything you've ever needed
Heaven with a touch of New York
Silver with a touch of gold
And I can see where you're goin'
But I don't really know the way
It's got too many changes, too much rearranging
Too many ways to go astray

So if you wanna go, let me go along
I never walked that road alone
I heard it was hard
I heard it was long
But we'll come back alive
'Cause only the strong survive

You walk on a wire, make a game of desire
Pitchin' pennies down a wishing well
You're leading the blind through there high and low times
But baby can you lead yourself?

So calm down, honey
Forget about the money
If you need me I'll always be there
Go ride your high horse
Alone of course
'Cause if you need me I'll always care

Keep On Loving You

You should have seen by the look in my eyes, baby
There was somethin' missin'
You should have known by the tone of my voice, maybe
But you didn't listen
You played dead, but you never bled
Instead you laid still in the grass all coiled up and hissin'

And though I know all about those men
Still I don't remember
Cause it was us, baby, way before then, and we're still together
And I meant, every word I said
When I said that I loved you I meant that I loved you forever

And I'm gonna keep on lovin' you
Cause it's the only thing I wanna do
I don't wanna sleep, I just wanna keep on lovin' you
Baby, I'm gonna keep on lovin' you
Cause it's the only thing I wanna do
I don't wanna sleep, I just wanna keep on lovin' you

Take It on the Run

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin' around
They say you got a boy friend
You're out late every weekend
They're talkin' about you and it's bringin' me down
But I know the neighborhood
And talk is cheap when the story is good
And the tales grow taller on down the line
But I'm telling you, babe
That I don't think it's true, babe
And even if it is keep this in mind

[Refrain:]
You take it on the run baby
If that's the way you want it baby
Then I don't want you around
I don't believe it
Not for a minute
You're under the gun so you take it on the run

You're thinking up your white lies
You're putting on your bedroom eyes
You say you're coming home but you won't say when
But I can feel it coming
If you leave tonight keep running
And you need never look back again

[Refrain x3]

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin' around