“Born To Lose” is a classic country song about hard luck and lost love. The song was written by East Texas songwriter Ted Daffan in 1942 and it has been recorded by legends like Johnny Cash and Ray Charles as well as punks like The Bouncing Souls. The song is timeless and has such a mournful anthemic quality about it that (by my ears) makes it one of the best.
Born to lose, I’ve lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life, I’ve always been so blue
Born to lose and now I’m losing you
Born to lose, it seems so hard to bear
When I wake and find that you’re not there
You’re grown tired, and now you say we’re through
Born to lose, and now I’m losing you
Born to lose, my ever hope is gone
It’s so hard to face an empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew
Born to lose, and now I’m losing you
MP3 | Johnny Cash – Born To Lose The Complete Sun Recordings
MP3 | Ray Charles – Born To Lose Modern Sounds In Country & Western
MP3 | The Bouncing Souls – Born To Lose Maniacal Laughter
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Was great to play them one after the other, I think my order of preference was the order you put them in. Though I must be the only punk music fan to think the Bouncing Souls are talentless hacks…
Anyway thanks a lot!!
Talentless hacks. Tough tough words for a band I really like.
Killer post . . . .