Born Too Late
Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Frederick Tobias
Performer(s): The Poni-Tails



Born too late for you to notice me 
To you I'm just a kid
That you won't date
Why was I born too late?

Born too late to have a chance 
To win your love 
Oh why oh why was it my fate, to be born too late

I see you walk with another 
I wish it could be me 
I long to hold you and kiss you 
But I know it never can be
For I was

Born too late for you to care now 
My heart cries because your heart 
Just couldn't wait 
Why was I born too late?

Born too late for you to care now 
My heart cries because your heart
Just couldn't wait 
Why was I born too late? 
Why was I born too late?

Born To Wander
Composer(s): Tom Baird
Performer(s): Rare Earth; Maceo Parker



There's nothin' you can do girl
There's nothin' you can say
You're talkin' to the sky girl
I just got to get away
Got to hear the wind song
Singin' in my ear
Got to get it on girl
And I'll never make it here

'Cos the wind was my mother
The highway is my brother
I was born to wander
And it's time for movin' on
I was born to wander
Turn around and I'll be gone, gone, gone

I'm just followin' my heart girl
And it's followin' the sun
Lookin' for an answer
I know may never come
But I gotta chase my dreams girl
Like a river to the sea
Got to find a rainbow
That's waitin' there for me

'Cos the wind was my mother
The highway is my brother
I was born to wander
And it's time for movin' on
I was born to wander
Turn around and I'll be gone, gone, gone

Born To The Saddle
Composer(s): Eddie Cherkose
Performer(s): Roy Rogers



Once in the saddle with the west in my heart
My eyes to the prairie skies
With a happy song, as I jog along
Born to the saddle am I

Born to the splendor and the charms of the plains
I’m free as the birds that fly
And I find romance in the great expanse
Born to the saddle am I

The life I lead is fine, indeed
My cares don’t need a thing
I greet each day with a grin and say
It’s grand to live and be able to sing

Born to the saddle with a song on my lips
In tune with the winds that blow
And I’ll never change as I ride the range
Born to the saddle am I

Born To Sing
(Adapted from: Mourir Sur Scène - 1983)
(Italian & Spanish Versions: Quando Nasce Un Nuovo Amore; Morir Cantando)
Composer(s): Jeff Barnel; Michel Jouveaux; Norman Newell
Performer(s): Dalida



When, the spotlight hits my face I'm alive
The stage is where l'll always survive
The only place where I want to be

When, I hear the audience coming in
For me the magic stars to begin
And then I know they've come to see me
When I hear the maestro strike up the band
And the drums begin to play
It's the only way that I understand
To live my life each day

I was born to sing for ever
Born to sing for you
And as long as we're together
There is nothing else I want to do
I was born to sing for ever
To me that's everything
And until the end of time
I know I'm born to sing

When, the rythme starts to beat in my brain
I sing the  verse and then the refrain
I love to hear the sound of applause

When, the crowd appreciates what I do
I find that each performance is new
I go on singing that is because
There are those who thing that I am wasting my time
They say that life's not just a song 
But as long as there is music and rythm
I know where I belong

I was born to sing for ever
Born to sing for you
And as long as we're together
There is nothing else I want to do
I was born to sing for ever
To me that's everything
And until the end of time
I know I born to sing

I was born to sing for ever
To me that's everything
And until the end of time
I know I want to sing

Born To Run
Composer(s): Paul Kennerley
Performer(s): Emmylou Harris;
Dead Ringer Band; Albert Lee



Well I never did crawl and I never did toe that line 
No man is a master to me I ain't that kind 
I just put on my traveling shoes 
If you wanna win you just can't lose the time 
Or stay behind 
Well I was born to run 
To get ahead of the rest 
And all that I wanted was to be the best 
Just to feel free and be someone 
I was born to be fast I was born to run 

Well I take the chances sometimes I've made mistakes 
But you don't get nothing unless you take the breaks 
Living as dangerous as dynamite 
Sure makes you feel nervous but it makes you feel alright 
Makes you feel alright 
Well I was born to run 
To get ahead of the rest 
And all that I wanted was to be the best 
Just to feel free and be someone 
I was born to be fast I was born to run 

Nobody's gonna make me do things their way 
By the time you figure it out it's yesterday 
Well it comes to he who waits I'm told 
But I don't need it when I'm old and gray 
Yea I want it today 
Well I was born to run 
To get ahead of the rest 
And all that I wanted was to be the best 
Just to feel free and be someone 
I was born to be fast I was born to run

The Things In This House
((French Version: Les Choses De La Maison (by Claude François) - 1965))
Composer(s): Bobby Darin
First release by: Bobby Darin - 1964



Lots of things have changed around here since you're gone
Lamps don't shine as bright and the tv won't go on
The pictures on the wall seem to hide their face
And I can't find a smile around here anyplace

Yes, the things in this house
Miss you just as much as I
The only difference is
They don't know how to cry

The rug just don't feel the same beneath my feet
The song bird's not singin'
And the dog won't eat
And the lonely walls can only stand and stare at me
And happy can't be found in our old dictionary

Yes, the things in this house
Miss you just as much as I
The only difference is
They don't know how to cry

Oh just the same
I hear the things that they can't say
You can call it my imagination...that's okay
All I know is what I feel way down inside
I can run all through these rooms
But I can't hide

Yes, the things in this house
Miss you just as much as I
The only difference is
They don't know how to cry 

Born To Run
Composer(s): Bruce Springsteen
Originally performed by: Bruce Springsteen
Covered by various other artists



In the day we sweat it out
in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected
and steppin' out over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims
and strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
`Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
Babe I want to know if love is real

Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss

The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
but there's no place left to hide
Together Wendy we'll live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I don't know when
we're gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
and we'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
baby we were born to run

Born To Move
Composer(s): John Fogerty
Performer(s): Creedence Clearwater Revival



Ev'ry day I'm gonna strut that stuff
When the music's loud I can't get enough
Singin' hi, singin' hi
Come on feet 
Teach yourself to move
People shuff'lin' up and down again 
Unhappy faces ain't gonna get you in
Singin' hi, singin' hi
Come on people 
Teach yourself to move

Hey, hey! 
Hey, all right!  

Spread the news, we're goin' have some fun
Let it go, movin' son-of-a-gun
Singin' hi, signin' hi
Come on feet 
We was Born To Move 

Hey, hey, Lord! 
Come on, move it, now boy!

Born To Love Me
Composer(s): Robert "Rob Dog" Morrison
Performer(s): Roy Orbison
and various other artists



Not many’d say she’s pretty, cause they don’t realise 
that beauty is often hidden, from another’s eyes.
But in the quiet moments, her beauty starts to shine
and every night I’m thankful, that she is mine 
and every night I’m thankful, that she is mine

And she was born to love me, in a gentle way
Born to love me, each and every day
Born to love me, born to hold me tight
Born to love me, every night 
Born to love me, every night

I learned it doesn’t matter, what other people see
It’s what I feel for her and what she feels for me
She’s made my life worth living
because she’s understood, that love is made for giving
She’s so good 
She’s so good

And she was born to love me, in a gentle way
Born to love me, each and every day
Born to love me, born to hold me tight
Born to love me, every night 
Born to love me, every night

And she was born to love me, in a gentle way
Born to love me, each and every day
Born to love me, born to hold me tight
Born to love me, every night
Born to love me, every night

Born To Lose
Composer(s): Frankie Brown; Ted Daffan
Originally performed by: Ted Deffan
Covered by various other artists



Born to lose, I've lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born to lose, it seems so hard to bear
How I long to always have you near
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born to lose, my every hope is gone
It's so hard to face that empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

There's no use to dream of happiness
All I see is only loneliness
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born To Live
Composer(s): Ann Mortifee; Michel Legrand
Performer(s): Ann Mortifee



We were born to live, not just survive
Though the road be long and the river wide
Though the seasons change and the willows bend
Though some dreams break, some others mend

We were born to give and born to take
To win and lose and to celebrate
We were born to know and born to muse
To unfold our hearts, take a chance and choose

We were born to love though we feel the thorn
When a ship sets sail to return no more
Though a door be closed and we feel the pain
To chance it all and to love again

We were born to reach, to seek what's true
To surrender all to make each day new
We were born to laugh and born to cry
To rejoice and grieve, just be be alive

We were born to hope and to know despair
And to stand alone when there's no one there
We were born to trust and to understand
That in every heart there's an outstretched hand

We were born to live, to be right and wrong
To be false and true, to be weak and strong
We were born to live, to break down the walls
And to know that life is to taste it all

Born To Hand Jive
Composer(s): Warren Casey; Jim Jacobs
Performer(s): Sha Na Na
and various other artists



Before I was born, late one night
My papa said everything's alright
The doctor paid, mama laid down
With a semitone bouncing all around
Cause the beebop stork was about to arrive
Mama gave birth to the hand-jive
I could barely walk when I milked a cow
When I was three I pushed a plow
While chopping wood I moved my legs
And they saw me dancing when I gathered eggs
The townfolk clapped, I was only five
And I danced 'em all, he's born to hand-jive
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah - everybody
Born to hand-jive, baby
Born to hand-jive, baby - yeah
How low can you go, how low can you go
How low can you go, how low can you go
Higher, higher, higher and higher
Now can you hand-jive, baby, oh can you hand-jive, baby
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Born to hand-jive, oh yeah!

Born To Die
Composer(s): Pete Bellotte; Giorgio Moroder
Performer(s): Donna Summer



Just a baby
on a doorstep
it's how they found me
cold and hungry
raised on hatred
fed by strangers
as a young girl
I often wondered

Am I born to die
never having lived
am I born to die
without love
in my life

People push me
knock me down
my foster parents
kicked me around
they brought me up on
loneliness
I never had me
a single friend

Am I born to die
never having lived
am I born to die
without love
in my life

Must be someone
in this world
who can save me
from myself

Or am I born to die
never having lived
am I born to die
without love
in my life

Am I born to die
never having lived
am I born to die
without love
in my life

Born To Be With You
Composer(s): Don Robertson
Performer(s): The Chordettes
and various other artists



By your side, satisfied
Through and through
'Cause I was born to be with you

Wondrously, love can see
So I knew that I was born to be with you

Do I find
Peace of mind
Yes I do
'Cause I was born to be with you
All life through
Yes, I was born to be with you

Born To Be Wild
Composer(s): Mars Bonfire
Originally performed by: Steppenwolf
Covered by various other artists



Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way

Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder 
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under

Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die

Born to be wild
Born to be wild

Waterloo Road
Composer(s): Mike Wilsh - Mike Deighan
First release by: Jason Crest - 1968

Versions In Other Languages:
1969 - Les Champs-Elysées (by Joe Dassin)
1969 - Oh Waterlooplein (by Johnny Kraaykamp & Rijk de Gooyer)
1970 - Jelisejska Polja (by Dragan Stojnic)



Walking down the street today
I met a girl across the way
I asked her where she's going
And she said come with me
She took me down this avenue
Where we met the folks she knew
We all stood round and chatted
At the time of day

Down Waterloo Road
Down Waterloo Road
Friday night Saturday
Any night any day
You'll find what you're looking for
Down Waterloo Road

She took me down this cellar
Where we met this happy feller
Playing ?cake-walks? on his guitar
All night long
His pickin it was scratchy
But his music was so catchy
We all got up and joined him
And we sang this song

Down Waterloo Road
Down Waterloo Road
Friday night Saturday
Any night any day
You'll find what you're looking for
Down Waterloo Road

La la la la la laa la la laa la
La la la la la la la la

La la la la la laa, la la laa la
La la la la la la la, la

Now the birds are cheeping
And we all feel kind of sleepy
The morning tide is rising
And the moon has gone
But still the feeling lingers
And still I hear the singers
As I walk along the avenue
I sing this song

Down Waterloo Road
Down Waterloo Road
Friday night Saturday
Any night any day
You'll find what you're looking for
Down Waterloo Road

La la la la la laa, la la laa la
La la la la la la la, la

La la la la la laa, la la laa la
La la la la la la la, la

Down Waterloo Road
Down Waterloo Road
Friday night Saturday
Any night any day
You'll find what you're looking for
Down Waterloo Road

La la la la la laa, la la laa la
La la la la la la la, la

La la la la la laa, la la laa la
La la la la la la la, la

La la la la la laa, la la laa la
La la la la la la la, la ...

Born To Be Blue
Performer(s): Steve Miller Band



Some folks were meant to live in clover
But they are such a chosen few, chosen few
And clover being green
Is something I've never seen
'Cause I was born to be blue

When there's a yellow moon above me
They say there's moonbeams I should view, I should view
But moonbeams being gold
Are something I can't behold
'Cause I was born to be blue

When I met you
The world was bright and sunny
When you left the curtain fell
I'd like to laugh
But nothing strikes me funny
Now my world's a faded pastel, oh well

I guess I'm luckier than some folks
Woo woo woo
I've known the thrill of lovin' you, lovin' you
And that alone is more than I was created for
'Cause I was born to be blue

When I met you
The world was bright and sunny
When you left the curtain fell
I'd like to laugh
But nothing strikes me funny
Now my world's a faded pastel, oh well

I guess I'm luckier than some folks
I've known the thrill of lovin' you, lovin' you
And that alone is more than I was created for
'Cause I was born to be blue
Woo woo

Born On The Bayou 
Composer(s): John Fogerty
Performer(s): Creedence Clearwater Revival



Now, when I was just a little boy
Standin' to my Daddy's knee
My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you 
Do what he done to me" 
'Cause he'll get you 
'Cause he'll get you now
And I can remember the fourth of July
Runnin' through the backwood, bare
And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'
Chasin' down a hoodoo there
Chasin' down a hoodoo there  

Chorus: 
Born on the Bayou
Born on the Bayou 
Born on the Bayou  

Wish I was back on the Bayou
Rollin' with some Cajun Queen
Wishin' I were a fast freight train
Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans

Chorus 

I can remember the fourth of July
Runnin' through the backwood bare 
And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'
Chasin' down a hoodoo there
Chasin' down a hoodoo there  

Chorus

Born In Time
Composer(s): Bob Dylan
Originally performed by: Bob Dylan
Covered by various other artists



In the lonely night
In the blinking stardust of a pale blue light
You're comin' thru to me in black and white
When we were made of dreams

You're blowing down the shaky street
You're hearing my heart beat
In the record breaking heat
Where we were born in time

Not one more night, not one more kiss
Not this time baby, no more of this
Takes too much skill, takes too much will
It's revealing
You came, you saw, just like the law
You married young, just like your ma
You tried and tried, you made me slide
You left me reelin' with this feelin'

On the rising curve
Where the ways of nature will test every nerve
You won't get anything you don't deserve
Where we were born in time

You pressed me once, you pressed me twice
You hang the flame, you'll pay the price
Oh babe, that fire
Is still smokin'
You were snow, you were rain
You were striped, you were plain
Oh babe, truer words
Have not been spoken or broken

In the hills of mystery
In the foggy web of destiny
You can have what's left of me
Where we were born in time

Born In The U.S.A.
Composer(s): Bruce Springsteen
Performer(s): Bruce Springsteen
and various other artists



Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "Son, don't you understand"

I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone

He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.