Born to the Breed

Album: Judith (1975)
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  • I was only nineteen
    The morning you were born
    With your hair fine and red
    And your eyes like my own

    Barely a woman
    With only a song
    I sang to keep you smilin
    And held you all night long

    Home through the streets
    With you in my arms
    Cold winter mornings
    In a Colorado town

    I've seen you stumble
    You've watched me fall
    You know I've got nothing
    You know we've got it all

    Rain comes down and the trucks rollin by
    Does that old parka keep you dry?
    Sixteen years old, out on the road
    Tryin' to get to the sky

    Back in September
    You call’d me on the phone
    "Ma, you know I love you,
    But I gotta be own my own
    Comes a time in a boy's life
    When he's got to be a man,
    Please don't try to find me
    Please try to understand."

    Got me a job in a rock and roll band
    Gonna try to see if I can get by
    Sixteen years old, out on the road,
    Trying to get to the sky.

    I've watched you grow
    Thru all these years
    You've seen me stumble
    I've watched your tears

    Sometimes there were roses
    Sometimes it was thorns
    But I know you're gonna make it
    As sure as you were born
    And I hope from what you wanted
    You get what you need
    I know your gonna make it
    You were born to the breed
    Sixteen years old
    Out on the road,
    Trying to get to the sky Writer/s: JUDY COLLINS
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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