WWBTF Lyrics...

I couldn't find any publicly released lyrics online yet, so I wrote them out myself. I cannot for the life of me figure out that one word in the opening lyric, though, does anyone know it?!

EDIT: Someone suggested "the man who mines for miracles". Does that sound right?

And of course, if I made a mistake ( very likely), feel free to correct me.

Enjoy!

We Weren't Born To Follow

This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles

This one goes out to the ones in need

This one goes out to the sinner and the cynical

This ain't about no apology

This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry

This road was paved by the winds of change

Walking beside the guilty and the innocent

How will you raise your hand when they call your name?

Yeah, yeah, yeah

We weren't born to follow

Come on and get up off your knees

When life is a bitter pill to swallow

You gotta hold on to what you believe

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow

And that your saints and sinners bleed

We weren't born to follow

You gotta stand up for what you believe

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

This one's about anyone who does it differently

This one's about the one who cusses and spits

This ain't about our livin' in a fantasy

This ain't about givin' up or givin' in

Yeah, yeah, yeah

We weren't born to follow

Come on and get up off your knees

When life is a bitter pill to swallow

You gotta hold on to what you believe

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow

And that your saints and sinners bleed

We weren't born to follow

You gotta stand up for what you believe

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

(guitar solo)

We weren't born to follow

Come on and get up off your knees

When life is a bitter pill to swallow

You gotta hold on to what you believe

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow

And that your saints and sinners bleed

We weren't born to follow

You gotta stand up for what you believe

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

We weren't born to follow - oh yeah

We weren't born to follow - oh yeah

And so it begins!! "We Weren't Born To Follow" hits airwaves...

...and sends my poor bank account into a panicked hyperventilation because it is so poorly lacking tour funds.

The rumors have flown all week, and Obie O'Brien finally "confirmed" a few days ago that Bon Jovi's 11th studio album - The Circle - is due out November 10th. Tour dates are to follow in the next two weeks apparently, and the new single, "We Weren't Born To Follow" has already surfaced in American radio waves.

Guess who hasn't confirmed one iota of this, though? And guess who, once again, has been royally screwed out of $50? Yeah. Don't even ask me my thoughts on the whole FC thing. My response won't be pretty.

However, a ton of Backstagers tuned into an Arizona radio station earlier this afternoon to hear the new single, and even though I missed it, my wonderful Jovi friends had my back.

THANK YOU to the ever-lovely Rike for sending this beauty along my way -- I am sharing it all with you and fulfilling my part in this Jovi "circle". (Sorry, I had to...)



I personally LOVE it. It's a fantastic concert song, it negates all my fears about another country flavored album (though I really did like Lost Highway in its own way) and on top of it, brings back our good ol' BON JOVI. New Jersey style. Someone said it reminded them of "Born To Be My Baby" - and GOD I love that. I feel like I'm breathing in fresh air - a good, solid, LOUD rock album is just what we want and need, and by Jovi, I think we've got it!!

What do YOU think?!

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