Original Joe Grushecky version
Daddy, daddy, I was born to rock
And when I do I really blow my top
From early in the morning all around the clock
I'm shake shake shaking what I got
It feels so good, I don't want to stop
Daddy, daddy, I was born to rock
Whoa!
I tired trading my guitar for a nine to five
But it let me feeling more dead than alive
I got up every morning at the break of day
And I was work work working my life away
Dressed up in a tie and a monkey suit
I couldn't wait for Friday night to cut it loose
Daddy, daddy, I was born to rock
And when I do I really blow my top
From early in the morning all around the clock
I'm shake shake shaking what I got
It feels so good, I don't want to stop
Daddy, daddy, I was born to rock
Whoa!
Whoa!
Why don't you get a real job, my friends all used to say
Instead of just rocking your life away
I plug in my guitar, turn it up to ten
And I come back tomorrow night and do it all again
I tried to quit but I don't know how
Good gosh almighty it's too late now
Daddy, daddy, I was born to rock
And when I do I really blow my top
From early in the morning all around the clock
I'm shake shake shaking what I got
It feels good, I don't want to stop
Daddy, daddy, I was born to rock
It feels good, I don't want to stop
It feels good, I don't want to stop
It feels good, I don't want to stop
It feels good, I don't want to stop
Daddy, daddy, I was born to rock
I WAS BORN TO ROCK is a song written by Joe Grushecky and released on his 2013 album Somewhere East Of Eden. The above lyrics are for the original Joe Grushecky version of I WAS BORN TO ROCK as released in 2013.
Bruce Springsteen has performed I WAS BORN TO ROCK once, on 22 May 2014 in Pittsburgh, PA, with Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers.
List of available versions of I WAS BORN TO ROCK on this website:
I WAS BORN TO ROCK [Original Joe Grushecky version]