Red Sails
David Bowie * Track #5 On Lodger
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Red Sails by David Bowie
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This song references “Red Sails in the Sunset”, a 1930s popular song written by Hugh Williams and Jimmy Kennedy. David Bowie most certainly would have been aware of this sentimental number from his early days as a music hall singer-songwriter.
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Red Sails Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I feel a little roughed up, feel a bit frightened
Nearly pin it down some time
Red sail action, wake up in the wrong town
Boy, I really get around
[Refrain]
Thunder ocean, thunder ocean
Red sails take me, make me sail along
Red sails, and a mast so tall
Red sails, red sails
[Verse 2]
Do you remember, we another person
Green and black and red and so scared
Graffiti on the wall keep us all in tune
Bringing us all back home
[Refrain]
Red sails, thunder ocean
Red sails, sailor can't dance like you
Red sail, red sail action
Red sail, some reaction
[Verse 3]
Action boy seen living under neon
Struggle with a foreign tongue
Red sails make him strong
Action make him sail along
[Outro]
Life stands still and stares
The hinterland, the hinterland
We're going to sail to the hinterland
And it's far far, far far far, far far far away
Its a far far, far far far, fa da, da da da
1, 2, 3, 4
Oooooooh
Red Sails Q&A
Who wrote Red Sails's ?
Red Sails was written by Brian Eno & David Bowie.
Who produced Red Sails's ?
Red Sails was produced by Tony Visconti & David Bowie.
When did David Bowie release Red Sails?
David Bowie released Red Sails on Fri May 18 1979.