Lyrics to
Born To Die

This version of Born To Die was released by Donna Summer in 1974.

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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

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About Lyrics and Born To Die by Donna Summer

The lyrics for Born To Die are defined as the words making up the song released by Donna Summer in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Born To Die have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Donna Summer and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Born To Die by Donna Summer if you think through it. 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 To Die" means the words set to the music of Born To Die, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. 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 To Die and the lyrics to Born To Die are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Born To Die, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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