Released: November 4, 1977
Songwriter: Rod Stewart Jim Cregan Gary Grainger
Producer: Tom Dowd
[Verse 1]
Ooowe baby, don't you count on me
To be here when the sun goes down
'Cause all those mean old friends of mine are calling
Calling way down the line
Somebody send me a one-way ticket
Got to get away from here
Put me on a jet back to London city
Gotta get a belly full of beer
Oh yeah
[Verse 2]
Smile for the camera, please mind your manner
You've got to keep your image clean
Clench your fist and don't you take a piss
Makes you wanna slash your wrist
Stand up, shut up, sit down, throw up
All I wanna do is sing
Responsibility and fidelity
Never meant a thing to me
[Chorus]
I was born loose, running wild
Keep your hands off, child
You can't change me now
I was born loose, running wild
Keep your hands off me, baby
'Cause you're too late, too late
[Verse 3]
Big bombs are crashin', never stop clashin'
Wanting every woman in town
Some tried to train me, one tried to maim me
But you can't keep a good man down
Church bells ringin', all the kids singin'
When we played the last date on the tour
Janis and Jimi, can't you hear me
Knockin' on Heaven's door?
[Instrumental Break]
[Interlude]
Born loose
Was born loose, baby
Slow me down
You can't slow me down
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
I was born loose
Born loose, born loose
Wrong side of my mama
Wrong side of my daddy
Wrong side of the tracks
I was born loose, baby
I was born loose
Can't change me now
Can't change me now
'Cause you're too late now
Too late now
Too late now baby
Too late now
To change me now
Never change me now
Born loose
Born loose
Ooowe baby, don't you count on me
To be here when the sun goes down
'Cause all those mean old friends of mine are calling
Calling way down the line
Somebody send me a one-way ticket
Got to get away from here
Put me on a jet back to London city
Gotta get a belly full of beer
Oh yeah
[Verse 2]
Smile for the camera, please mind your manner
You've got to keep your image clean
Clench your fist and don't you take a piss
Makes you wanna slash your wrist
Stand up, shut up, sit down, throw up
All I wanna do is sing
Responsibility and fidelity
Never meant a thing to me
[Chorus]
I was born loose, running wild
Keep your hands off, child
You can't change me now
I was born loose, running wild
Keep your hands off me, baby
'Cause you're too late, too late
[Verse 3]
Big bombs are crashin', never stop clashin'
Wanting every woman in town
Some tried to train me, one tried to maim me
But you can't keep a good man down
Church bells ringin', all the kids singin'
When we played the last date on the tour
Janis and Jimi, can't you hear me
Knockin' on Heaven's door?
[Instrumental Break]
[Interlude]
Born loose
Was born loose, baby
Slow me down
You can't slow me down
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
I was born loose
Born loose, born loose
Wrong side of my mama
Wrong side of my daddy
Wrong side of the tracks
I was born loose, baby
I was born loose
Can't change me now
Can't change me now
'Cause you're too late now
Too late now
Too late now baby
Too late now
To change me now
Never change me now
Born loose
Born loose
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- Ruby Tuesday
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit