Please don’t let me die in Florida, I don’t care about my name. Throw my bed on to a train. And this is what I know. If you catch me dying in Orlando If you catch me dying in Daytona I was born in Indian summer, In the Southern long ago. Where those

And I was born to fight I ain't been knocked down yet I was born to fight I'm the surest bet There ain't no man no woman No beast alive that can beat me 'Cause I'm born to fight They're tryin' to take away my pride By stripping me of everything I own

When I look you in your eyes I can see my own Straight love manifested in flesh and bone You's a breath of fresh air in this world of shit You was born to be a soldier don't ever forget Hit back when hit Use force that's effective All these bitches and

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

Everybody knows I'm here Well, you know I'm the hoochie-coochie man Everybody knows I'm here Don't you know I'm here The gypsy woman told my mother Before I was born I got a boy-child's comin' He's gonna be a son-of-a-gun He's gonna make pretty women's

I'll never forget Life you disdain So to the parents that bore me this pain With all those things you left unfinished Why was I born? Sometimes I wish I didn't know Been times when I wish that I had just never been Why did you have me?

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

Ahoo stars are falling, are we falling too? On a night like this Ahoo dawn is coming, what's this coming to? Doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo Doo doo doo ooo You are the one, you are the only one I was born to know Beyond the crush of any summer lust and we

You can have Charleston My home, my heart Where I was born and raised Where one day they're gonna take my body And lay it in a grave But it's got to be this way It's gonna break my heart to say, goodbye But it'll kill me if I stay The cobblestone streets

I need nothing to be a man Because I was born a man And I deserve the rights to live Like any other man My resistance is getting weaker I cant stand the pressure I cant get any weaker My mind in such a state Sometimes it makes me sick