I took it with me So I took it with me, that cloud of red dust rolling up That Georgia blue sky, setting sun, straight up highway forty-one I took it with me, that wild street, that fighting side That born to run on a Friday night That standing tall

I was born to run Born to run There's an old man sittin' on a front porch now Talkin' 'bout how it used to be When I was young I was a hell of a man My father died when I was ten I hit the road to find a job Had to feed my family

Stop running away, put it all on display Love when your anger increases You were born this way, everything has to fade But your anger increases The passing time we all betray Don't underestimate my faith How many more times can we make mistakes? So many

Was born with a song inside of me Never question why We're running out of it On the day that I die I wanna to say that I Until the very end 'Cause I believe that I And as time goes by Was a man who really lived and never compromised

Was born with a song inside of me Never question why We're running out of it On the day that I die I wanna to say that I Until the very end 'Cause I believe that I And as time goes by Was a man who really lived and never compromised

I just got paid today I got me a pocket full of change I said, I just got paid today If you believe like workin' hard all day Just step in my shoes and take my pay I was born my papa's son When I hit the ground I was on the run I had one glad hand and

Don't try to understand A life upon the road is the life of an outlaw man Woman, don't try to love me I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son The highway is my legacy On the highway I will run In one hand I've a Bible In the other I've got a gun Well,

But I'm fleeing with you and I'm glowing (Ooh) And we don't own now with all we got I will follow you and we'll both go missin' (Yeah) No I, And we don't even know where were going I still watch as she's runnin' away So she was born to live this way We

When it's time to run Just like them horses If you love me, don't you be afraid To look in my eyes and open up the gate Then watch me ride beneath a newborn sun She held him close, then she kissed his face He said it just has to be this way Yours is the

Lock and load your gun, where I'm from, the Third World son Been to many places but I'm Third world-born Guerrillas hit and run where I'm from: the Third World son You polluted everything, and now the Third World's gone The waters poisoned where I'm from