Matthew Wilder (born Matthew Weiner on January 24, 1953 in Manhattan, New York City) is an American musician best known for his 1983 hit "Break My Stride".
Wilder was one-half of the Greenwich Village folk group Matthew & Peter in the 1970s. In 1978 he moved to Los Angeles and sang for television commercials and backup for Rickie Lee Jones and Bette Midler.
Wilder's first album, I Don't Speak the Language (1983), reached number 49 on the Billboard chart, fueled by "Break My Stride", which reached number 5 on the singles chart.
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A#mF Last night I had the strangest dream AmG I sailed away to China in a little rowboat to find ya A#mF And you said you had to get your laundry clean AmDDDD Didn't want no one to hold you what does that mean And you said
CFG Ain't nothing gonna break my stride EmAmGF X's 2 Nobody gonna slow me down oh no Im runnin and I won't touch ground oh no FAmG I've got to keep on moving
A#mF You're on the road and now you pray at last AmG The road behind was rocky but now you're feeling cocky A#mF You look at me and you see your past AmDDDD Is this the reason why you're runnin' so fast And she said
CFG Ain't nothing gonna break my stride EmAmGF Nobody gonna slow me down oh no X's Im running and I won't touch ground oh no FAmG I've got to keep on moving
CmF Never let another girl like you work me over CmF Never let another girl like you drag me under DmG If I ever meet another girl like you I will tell her DmGGGE Never want another girl like you HAVE TO SAY OH
CFG Ain't nothing gonna break my stride EmAmGF Nobody gonna slow me down oh no X's and fade Im runnin and I won't touch ground oh no FAmG I've got to keep on moving