Written by John Mellencamp



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 (watch the family cry)

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



(*Repeat Chorus)



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



(*Repeat Chorus