The Red and the Black

"The Red and the Black" is the first track from Blue Öyster Cult's second studio album, Tyranny and Mutation. Its lyrics tell the story of a man fleeing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the icy northern part of Canada, and is a faster, re-worked version of "I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't No Sheep."

Blue Öyster Cult

 * Eric Bloom - vocals, stun guitar, synthesizers
 * Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - lead guitar, vocals
 * Allen Lanier - keyboards, vocals
 * Joe Bouchard - bass, keyboards, vocals
 * Albert Bouchard, drums, vocals

Production

 * Murray Krugman - producer
 * Sandy Pearlman - producer
 * Tim Geelan - engineer
 * Lou Schlossberg - engineer
 * Phil Giambalvo - engineer
 * Jack Ashkinazy - mastering

Lyrics
Canadian Mounted, baby Police force at work Red and Black It’s their color scheme Get their man In the end

(It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) ah, yeah my honeys know it’s all right (It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) ah, yeah baby knows it’s all right (You’d kill, you’d maim) ah, c’mon kill ’em (You’d kill, you’d maim) look out

C’mon my husky

Frontenac Chateau, baby I cross the frontier at ten I got a whip in my hand, baby And a girl or a husky At leather’s end

(It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) ah, yeah baby knows it’s all right (It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) yeah, baby, yeah it’s all right (You’d kill, you’d maim) ah, c’mon kill ’em now (You’d kill, you’d maim)

Hornswoop me bungo pony on 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) it’s all right (It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) ah, yeah baby knows it’s all right (It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) it’s all right (It’s all right) yeah knows it’s all right (You’d kill, you’d maim) ah, c’mon and kill now (You’d kill, you’d maim) maim ’em too Ah, break it up

Trivia
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