Lyrics to
Born To Die

This version of Born To Die was released by Grand Funk Railroad in 1976.

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Life is too short now, to live it half way.
I’m cryin’ for my cousin, who died yesterday.
He never had a chance, no, not to express his views.
I swear that he’s leaving it, to the rest of you.

Oh he …

lived his life of freedom, exactly the way that he wanted to.
But there’s always that one thing, we never do count on.
You was born for it to happen to you …

… oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
He was on a motorcycle, in a side car.
They was just outside of town, they hadn’t ridden far.
Out to have a good time, on a bike they built.
How was they to know it, that night that he’d be killed.

Oh he …

… oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo

Oh he …

Yes he …

… oooo-oooo, oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo
oooo-oooo

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The lyrics for Born To Die are defined as the words making up the song released by Grand Funk Railroad in 1976. 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 Grand Funk Railroad 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 Grand Funk Railroad 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 Grand Funk Railroad. 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 Grand Funk Railroad 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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