"Born To The Breed" lyrics

I was only nineteen
The morning you were born
With your hair fine and red
Your eyes like my own
Barely a woman
With only a song
I sang to keep you smiling
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 we've got nothing
You know we've got it all

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

Back in September
You called me on the phone
"Ma, you know I love you
But I gotta be on my own
Comes a time in a boy's life
When he's gotta 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
Through all these years
You've seen me stumble
I've dried your tears
Sometimes there were roses
Sometimes it was thorns
I don't know you're gonna make it
As sure as you were born

I hope from what you wanted
You get what you need
I know you're gonna make it
You were born to the breed
Sixteen years old, out on the road
Trying to get to the sky
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