Born Country - Alabama

Once I was a dying breed Chewin' on an ancient leaf Before we took the notion To keep up with the times And leave 'em all behind Chisel to the paper Tattoos on the ether Fadin' in the light All the while, I'd gorge my gut Come the time then I would rut Runnin' high and low to find my pre-historic queen To keep me warm 'til Spring When I'd go out with my friends Graze the land and wonder when I'd see your face again 'Til the day I met my doom I took one in the boiler room To put food on the table of a dying breed of man Once I was a broken heart And once I tore your heart apart Once my heart put out before I ever got to breathe But my soul returned to seed And come to Earth again Clucking out a livin' as the favorite layin' hen 'Til the day I met my doom A fox got in the chicken coop Doin' all he knew to do to feed a hungry den On and on, down the line I've swam canals and bore the hide Plenty births along this ride of being born again Once I was and you were too And we were both the word of truth We built this world together with a loud and mighty bang Lord, it sounded like a train And echoed o'er the land And we came up with a game to play of being born again

Well, I never did crawl and I never did toe the line No man is master to me, I ain't that kind I just put on my travelin' shoes If you wanna win, you just can't lose the time Or stay behind Well, I was born to run To get ahead of the rest And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run Well I take the chances, sometimes I made mistakes But you don't get nothin' unless you take the breaks Livin' as dangerous as dynamite Sure it makes you feel nervous but it makes you feel alright Makes you feel alright Well, I was born to run To get ahead of the rest And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run Nobody gonna make me do the things their way By the time you figure it out, it's yesterday Well, it comes to he who waits, I'm told But I don't need it when I'm old and gray Yeah, I want it today Well, I was born to run To get ahead of the rest And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast I was born to run I was born to run To get ahead of the rest And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast I was born to run

Well, my momma met my daddy down in Alabama They tied the knot so here I am Born on the bayou on the Texas Line Loved in Louisiana and raised on Jambalaya Now before I could walk, I had a guitar in my hand By the time I could talk, I had my own band I went on the road when I was eight years old When I turned fifteen, I was stealing the show Money to burn and the girls were pretty It didn't take me long to learn that I was born to boogie When I was eighteen, I went to Hollywood I met Elvis, Marilyn and Johnny B. Goode Got my guitar painted to dance the California Sun A red Cadillac having to much fun Now we were playing them halls and jammin' Then back we moved it on over to M.G.M. They said, "This is the boy we've been telling you about" He lit a cigar and stuck his hand out He said, "Son have, we got a deal for you" "I'm gonna make you a star, give you fifty thousand, too" I told him my momma didn't raise no fool I'll take your money, I'll make you a movie But I can tell ya right now, I was born to boogie Well, my name is Bocephus, I drink a whiskey by the gallon And I never back down and I love a good challenge What I do now is what I did then I like to get down with all my rowdy friends Now I can be sweet and I can be mean I still got my hat and I still wear my jeans My shades are chrome, my guitar's steal If you think I won't then believe me I will Get down on you baby 'cause I ain't no rookie I was put here to party and I was born to boogie