I'm Born to Run - American Authors

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

I've got these letters tattooed on my arm that remind me each second Of where I come from and the long hard road to guide me back home Back to my momma who raised me up right And back to my lady I held every night, it's a long hard road, trying to get home I've been gone now, for too long I'm not trying to stop a hurricane I'm not trying to shake the ground below I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm not trying to part the ocean waves I'm not trying to overthrow the throne I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm just trying to get home I've got this image engraved in my mind of a life that I had In a whole different time It still breathes and lives at the end of the road I've seen mountains and valleys through my missing days But I never once parted with how you begged me to stay I will run down that long hard and treacherous road to get home I'm not trying to stop a hurricane I'm not trying to shake the ground below I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm not trying to part the ocean waves I'm not trying to overthrow the throne I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm just trying to get home I've been gone for so long but my heart it carries on As it pounds like a drum on my journey back home I've been gone for so long but my heart it carries on I won't give up I'm not trying to stop a hurricane I'm not trying to shake the ground below I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm not trying to part the ocean waves I'm not trying to overthrow the throne I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home I'm just trying to get home I'm just trying to get home

Old punk rock posters on the wall Made me feel like I'm 10 feet tall Back then I thought I knew it all Take off like I'm an astronaut Got lost up in the stars above Had no idea who I'd become But times are so much better now My dad told me they'd come around And nothing lasts forever Moments become memories of the past But right now we're timeless Pictures become old photographs But right now we're priceless 'Cause everything we lived We're never gonna miss We're timeless We're timeless These dreams and hopes we used to have Change off through time and never last long High school was so bad I threw my yearbooks in the trash I'll never forget my first kiss I was so nervous that I missed Old clothes and trailers how we lived Getting laughed at by rich, spoiled kids But times are so much better now My dad told me they'd come around And nothing lasts forever Not even the ones you love Moments become memories of the past But right now we're timeless (we're timeless) Pictures become old photographs But right now we're priceless 'Cause everything we lived We're never gonna miss We're timeless We're timeless So long, farewell Doesn't mean it has to end Only time will tell So long, farewell See you down the road again Only time will tell Will tell Moments become memories of the past But right now we're timeless (we're timeless) Pictures become old photographs But right now we're priceless 'Cause everything we lived We're never gonna miss We're timeless We're timeless

You got me losing my head I never know what I said You got me spinning around and around I never know if I'm right But I've been feeling tonight That we can make all the walls come down And now I sing it, oo-oo 'Cause I feel like I want ya We've come into life and today is a brand new day Let me see you move Like you're burning the house down I wanna see you move Like you're working it up now I'm begging for you, move Now stay like that We can't go back from the feel that makes you move I'm up here, I wanna see you move Let me see you move The way you pull me in close You've got a spell on my soul Oh, Lord, have mercy I've been hypnotized You got me singing, oo-oo 'Cause I feel like I need ya We've come into life and today (did you feel that?) Let me see you move Like you're burning the house down I wanna see you move Like you're working it up now I'm begging for you, move Now stay like that We can't go back from the feel that makes you move I'm up here, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Hey, hey, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Let me see you move Like you're burning the house down I wanna see you move Like you're working it up now I'm begging for you, move Now stay like that We can't go back from the feel that makes you move I'm up here, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Hey, hey, I wanna see you move Let me see you move Let me see you move