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This song was written as an elliptical response to Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It depicts, in a loose and vague way, the aging of the working-class Baby Boomers in his song. (Our final verse is, however, about a younger person—perhaps in the present or past.) Johnny Thunders wrote a song with the same title, and one day I will get around to listening to it.

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I guess we ought to give up right now
We had our fun in the jungle anyhow
Let it fall in record time,
Pop nickels on the dime
It’s a cocaine bruise
You can’t even hide your mind, stop prepaying your dues
Maybe you should run, you were born to lose

After a while his memories began to fade
He used to tell his friends he had it made
Looked up at the silver screen
Saw the eyes of a hotel queen
As she heard the boos / booze
We can’t even find some fives among lonely ones and twos
Maybe we should run, we were born to lose

Born to lose
Born to lose
Maybe we should run, we were born to lose

She was slumped down, was waiting for the call
In her mind she prayed, gave it her all
The policeman is on the line
Still waiting for a sign
Or a couple of clues
We can't even try and divine what
Nobody could choose
Maybe we should run, we were born to lose

The sun came up with the wind on the empty plain
She was thirteen and high on novocaine
Could still go to outside
Didn't try to run and hide
When she heard the news
We can't even find a life or just
Step out of our shoes
Maybe we should run, we were born to lose

credits

from Won't You Believe Me, released November 8, 2019
Sumanth Gopinath: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Beth Hartman: backing vocals, egg shaker
Rosie Harris: backing vocals
Teresa Gowan: fiddle
Nathan Knutson: electric guitar
Cody Johnson: bass guitar
Paul Hatlelid: drums

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The Gated Community is a country/bluegrass/Americana band with rock influences based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in Minnesota and has been in existence since early 2006.

Bandmembers: Sumanth Gopinath
Rosie Harris
Beth Hartman
Paul Hatlelid
Cody Johnson
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