Born To The Breed Lyrics - Singles - Amy Speace

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 keep you smilin' and held you all night long 

Home through the streets with you in my arms 

Cold winter mornings in a Colorado town 

You've seen me stumble, I've watched you fall 

I know that I've got nothing, you know we've got it all 

Rain comes down and the trucks rollin' by 

Does that old parka keep you dry? 

Sixteen years old, out on the road 

Tryin' 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" 

I got me a job in a rock and roll band 

I'm 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 and I've dried your tears 

Sometimes there were roses, sometimes it was thorns 

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, out on the road 

Trying to get to the sky