Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe

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Lunatic Fringe is a song by Tom Cochrane released as a single by Canadian rock band Red Rider from their 1981 album, As Far as Siam.
The song reached No. 11 on the rock radio airplay chart in Billboard in September 1981, and was awarded a SOCAN Classic award in 2009 by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada for reaching the 100,000-airplay mark on (Canadian) domestic radio.
Guitarist Tom Cochrane wrote the song after becoming concerned about a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the 1970's.

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Lunatic fringe, I know you're out there
You're in hiding and you hold your meetings
I can hear you coming, I know what you're after
We're wise to you this time (Wise to you this time)
We won't let you kill the laughter

[Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 2]
Lunatic fringe, in the twilight's last gleaming
But this is open season, but you won't get too far
'Cause you've got to blame someone for your own confusion
We're on guard this time (On guard this time)
Against your final solution

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
We can hear you coming (We can hear you coming)
No, you're not going to win this time (Not gonna win)
We can hear the footsteps (We can hear the footsteps)
Hey, out along the walkway (Out along the walkway)

[Outro]
Lunatic fringe, we all know you're out there
Can you feel the resistance? Can you feel the thunder?

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