Red

Album: All Night Long (1978)
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  • I've read it all, it's black and white
    The spectrum made a shade I like
    The crimson rays are ruby bright
    Technicolor light
    Red! I want red, there's no substitute for red
    Red! Paint it red, green ain't mean compared to red
    You don't know what it does to me
    My crimson intensity
    I'm haunted by the mystery
    The mystery of red
    Red knocks 'em dead
    Some like it hot, I like it red
    Red is my lover, got it covered
    Red is my number, sure as a coma
    Red is my drummer, and I hear red thunder
    Move over brother
    Red's a motherfucker)
    (Red! Red!)
    that's' what I said...
    (Red! Red!)
    Come on to bed
    (Red! Red!)
    Gimme' that expensive spread... Writer/s: BERNIE TAUPIN, MARK PALADINO
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Willie from Scottsdale, AzHere in Phoenix, Sammy was a favorite of Dave Pratt, a morning DJ on KUPD in the 1980s. The station began issuing Red Cards to people who wrote into the station, in red ink, asking for a card. Sammy Hagar is Red Card holder #1. I'm like 14,000 or so ;-)
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