Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – Big League

1988′s “Victory Day”

When he was a kid, he’d be up at five
Take shots till eight, make the thing drive
Out after school, back on ice
That was his life, he was gonna play in the Big League
The Big League

Not many ways out of this cold northern town
You work in the mill and get laid in the ground
If you’re gonna jump it will be with the game
Real fast and tough is the only clear lane to the Big League

My boy’s gonna play in the Big League
My boy’s gonna turn some heads
My boy’s gonna play in the Big League
My boy’s gonna knock ‘em dead
The Big League

All the right moves when he turned eighteen
Scholarship and school on a big U.S. team
Out with his girl near Lake McClean
Hit a truck doing seventy in the wrong lane
To the Big League

My boy’s gonna play in the Big League
My boy’s gonna turn some heads
My boy’s gonna play in the Big League
My boy’s gonna knock ‘em dead

Never can tell what might come down
Never can tell how much you get
Just don’t know, no you never can tell

Sometimes at night I can hear the ice crack
It sounds like thunder and it rips through my back
Sometimes in the morning I still hear the sound
Ice meets metal…
“Can’t you drive me down to the Big League?”

My boy’s gonna play in the Big League
My boy’s gonna turn some heads
My boy’s gonna play in the Big League
My boy’s gonna knock ‘em dead

Never can tell what might come down
Never can tell when you might check out
Just don’t know, no you never can tell
So do right to others like you do to yourself
In the Big League

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16 Responses to Tom Cochrane & Red Rider – Big League

  1. justinvienneau says:

    rip bourdon
    rip bourdon

  2. ziggyzagboi says:

    This song was not …
    This song was not made about Tom Cochrane’s son, he wrote it for another father’s son

  3. MeatProdux says:

    fuck this shit. …
    this shit. lunatic fringe n e day bra

  4. oxstar17 says:

    who knows were to …
    who knows were to get this son because its not on itunes and i dont have limewire so if anyone has it or knows were to get it comment a reply please !!!!!!!!!!!

  5. hockeyman000111 says:

    this song remindes …
    this song remindes me of luc bourdon, Miss ya bud

  6. RealLifeTrolling says:

    I agree, pictures …
    I agree, pictures are pretty much pointless

  7. bje88 says:

    This song was made …
    This song was made about my dad’s friends son ( my dad knows Tom Cochrane) He was goiing to the NHL, but one night when he was driving a semi truck came into the lane and killed him.

  8. hockeyshark6 says:

    this is like the …
    this is like the best song ever cause i change it to my girl and that is me i am the captin of my team but i wake up at 7:00 and then i take shots till 8:00 so this song has inspired me sooooo much:)
    but it is so sad cuz he died:(

  9. cheese22216 says:

    RIP luc bourdon we …
    RIP luc bourdon we will always remember you i wish you where still here :(

  10. ForeverWanderingxx says:

    I completely agree. …
    I completely agree.

    And I love how I miss spelt his first name there.

    Luc Bourdon*** Not Luke =]

  11. jigsaw99 says:

    best opening game …
    best opening game ever… rip luc.

  12. ForeverWanderingxx says:

    I was watching a …
    I was watching a hockey game with my dad tonight, and Tom Cochrane played this song in memory of Luke Bourdon. He left out this verse:
    All the right moves when he turned eighteen
    Scholarship and school on a big U.S. team
    Out with his girl near Lake McClean
    Hit a truck doing seventy in the wrong lane
    To the Big League
    because thats basically how Luke died. This song really hits home. Thanks for posting.
    {Yes, it was a Canucks game.}

  13. iDangle23 says:

    Great Song!!!!One …
    Great Song!!!!One of hockeys greatest!!!

  14. 78bunker78 says:

    Hockeys anthem!
    Hockeys anthem!

  15. 1michelemichele1 says:

    Nah, there’s …
    Nah, there’s already an official video, and even if there wasn’t: most of the people I know use YT as a kind of radio, they’re not interested in videos.

    I’d like to do a few clips, but movies are a huge amount of work (huge).

  16. chickiegoalie1520 says:

    this song rocks but …
    this song rocks but u got to put in some more pictures to make it better and get more comments. the big leagues GS