Born and Raised

Album: Born And Raised (2012)
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  • Now and then I pace my place
    I can't retrace how I got here
    I cheat the light to check my fates
    It's slightly harder than last year

    Then all at once it gets hard to take
    It gets hard to fake what I won't be
    'Cause one of these days I'll be born and raised
    And it's such a waste to grow up lonely

    I still have dreams, they're not the same
    They don't fly as high as they used to
    I saw my friend, he's in my head
    And he said, "You don't remember me, do you?"

    Then all at once it gets hard to take
    It gets hard to fake what I won't be
    'Cause one of these days I'll be born and raised
    And it's such a waste to grow up lonely

    I still got time, I still got faith
    I call on both of my brothers
    I got a mom, I got a dad
    But they do not have each other

    So line on up and take your place
    And show your face to the morning
    'Cause one of these days you'll be born and raised
    And it all comes on without warning Writer/s: JOHN MAYER
    Publisher: REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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  • Lezli from VaI think the line in the first verse is "I cheat the light to check my face..." which, with the following line, makes more sense.
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