spend a lot of time tryin to grow up guess i got a lot of growin up to do used to tell me sit down hey shut up guess they don t know what i was goin through but i ve loved me some girls and i ve broken me some hearts a cast in nova in my own right as i see here watching the sun coming up i guess it s okay yea its ok to say good night born reckless born reckless born reckless cause i was born to be reckless till the day i die well you know i ve been shoved around hey but i ve done my share of the shovin too i guess you get what you deserve yeah you get what s comin to you for the life of me i don t understand i don t understand how i ever got you someone so warm to hold my hand when this world has beat me back through born reckless born reckless born reckless cause i was born to be reckless till the day i die well what i really want to say is i guess i don t know what it is i really wanna say anyway the thing is i m just surprised that you re still here with me today cause i ve lied and i ve cheated and i ve spit in your face i ve taken from you exactly what i need but i want you to know there s no one to take your place how can we embrace love how can we make love at such an high rate of speed born reckless born reckless born reckless cause i was born to be reckless till the day i die