RunDaddy said the truck’s all yours if you make it runSo you spend your sixteenth Summer, under that small town sunJust to make it runWhen it’s all on the line and the ball’s on fourth and oneAnd your mamma’s in the stands saying, “Hey y’all, that’s my son”And we raised him up to runLike the blood in our veins, yeahWe’re all the same, weRun, living life like it’s a highway and we’re all stuck in driveLike a preacher on a Sunday, always going overtimeLike the muddy water rushing, in the river outside of townYeah, the clock just keeps on running and we can’t slow downNo matter where we’re goingNo matter where we’re fromOh-oh, oh-ohWe’re all born to runLike mascara on your face, ’cause you thought he was the oneBut he called you out of the blue and he said “We’re done”He said, “I gotta run”Like your mouth in the bar when you just turned twenty-oneAnd ya didn’t stop drinking ’til the whole damn room just spunOh, I guess that we allRun, living life like it’s a highway and we’re all stuck in driveLike a preacher on a Sunday, always going overtime
Like the muddy water rushing, in the river outside of townYeah, the clock just keeps on running and we can’t slow downNo matter where we’re goingNo matter where we’re fromOh-oh, oh-ohWe’re all born to runThrough red lights and stop signsWe’re racing ourselvesWe’re tryna get to HeavenWhile we run like HellWe run, living life like it’s a highway and we’re all stuck in driveLike a preacher on a Sunday, always going overtimeLike the muddy water rushing, in the river outside of townYeah, the clock just keeps on running and we can’t slow downNo matter where we’re goingNo matter where we’re fromOh-oh, oh-ohWe’re all born to runOh-oh, oh-oh, ohOh-oh, oh-oh, ohOh-oh, oh-oh, ohOh-oh, oh-oh, ohOh-oh, oh-oh, ohOh-oh, oh-oh, ohOh-oh, oh-oh, ohWe’re all born to run
