judy collins-born to the breed Lyrics

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 make you smile
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
trucks roll by and the rain coming down
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 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” now he’s playing guitar in a rock and roll band looking like a baby talking like a man the life of a guitar man is a hard life to live what can i tell you you were born to the breed rain comes down the trucks rolling by i that old poncho gonna keep you dry? sixteen years old january child trying to get to the sky i’ve watched you growing through all these years you’ve seen me stumble i’ve watched your tears sometimes there was roses sometimes there 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 you’re gonna make it you were born to the breed sixteen years old january child trying to get to the sky”