Born And Raised Lyrics
John Mayer
Lyrics
Now and then I pace my place
I can't retrace how I got here
I cheat the light to check my face
It's slightly harder than last year
And all at once it gets hard to take
It gets hard to fake what I won't be
Cause one of these days I'll be born and raised
And it's such a waste to grow up lonely
I still have dreams, they're not the same
They don't fly as high as they used to
I saw my friend, he's in my head
And he said, "You don't remember me, do you?"
Then all at once it gets hard to take
It gets hard to fake what I won't be
Cause one of these days I'll be born and raised
And it's such a waste to grow up lonely
I still got time, I still got faith
I call on both of my brothers
I got a mom, I got a dad
But they do not have each other
So line on up, and take your place
And show your face to the morning
Cause one of these days you'll be born and raised
And it all comes on without warning
Song & Lyrics Facts
John Mayer's "Born and Raised" is a single from his fifth studio album of the same name, released on May 22nd 2012. The song was written by John Mayer himself with additional writing credits to Don Was and Blake Mills.
It features a band consisting of Sean Hurley (bass), Aaron Sterling (drums), Blake Mills (guitar) and David Ryan Harris (guitar). The lyrics paint a picture of someone who has left their hometown for a new life, but still holds nostalgia for the place they once called home. The chorus declares that “I’m gonna be born and raised in this town, I'm never leaving here again” - an ode to Mayer's own hometown of Fairfield, Connecticut.