Lyrics to
Born Loose

This version of Born Loose was released by Rod Stewart in 1977.

Our Rod Stewart Songs profile has Born Loose lyrics from 1977 and most if not all of the lyrics by Rod Stewart that we have here at Decade Lyrics.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Rod Stewart or about the 1970s in general.

Ooowe baby don’t you count on me
to be here when the sun goes down
Cause all those mean old friends of mine are calling
Calling way down the line
Somebody send me a one way ticket
Got to get away from here
Put me on a jet back to London city
Gotta get a belly full of beer

Smile for the camera, please mind your manner
You’ve got to keep your image clean
Clench your fist and don’t you take a piss
Makes you wanna slash your wrist
Stand up, shut up, sit down, throw up
All I wanna do is sing
Responsibility and fidelity
Never meant a thing to me

I was born loose
Running wild
Keep your hands off child
Can’t change me now
I was born loose
Running wild
Keep your hands off me baby
Cause you’re too late, too late

Big bombs are crashin’
Never stop clashin’
Wanting every woman in town
Some tried to train me
One tried to maim me
But you can’t keep a good man down

Church bells ringin’
All the kids singin’
When we played the last date on the tour
Janis and Jimi, can’t you hear me
knockin’ on heaven’s door

Born loose
Was born loose baby
Slow me down
You can’t slow me down

I was born loose
Born loose
Born loose
Wrong side of my mama
Wrong side of my daddy
Wrong side of the tracks

I was born loose baby
I was born loose
Can’t change me now
Can’t change me now
Cause you’re too late now
Too late now
Too late now baby
Too late now
To change me now
Never change me now
Born loose
Born loose

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Rod Stewart?

Rod Stewart has released many songs over the years besides Born Loose. Rod Stewart released songs from 1969 to 2005 spanning across albums like An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story, Never A Dull Moment, Smiler, Atlantic Crossing, A Night On The Town, Foot Loose & Fancy Free, Blondes Have More Fun, Foolish Behavior, Tonight I'm Yours, Body Wishes, Camouflage, Every Beat Of My Heart, Out Of Order, Vagabond Heart, Lead Vocalist, Unplugged... And Seated, A Spanner In The Works, If We Fall In Love Tonight, When We Were The New Boys, Human, It Had To Be You... The Great American Songbook, Stardust...The Great American Songbook: Volume III, and Thanks For The Memory... The Great American Songbook: Volume IV. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rod Stewart.

If you're a fan of popular 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1977 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Born Loose by Rod Stewart

When you decide to study the lyrics to Born Loose, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Rod Stewart. Some of the lyrics to Born Loose have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Rod Stewart and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Born Loose if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Born Loose" means the words set to the music of Born Loose, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rod Stewart. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Born Loose and the lyrics to Born Loose are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rod Stewart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Born Loose, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Rod Stewart

Visit our Rod Stewart profile for more Rod Stewart songs, lyrics & info!

)