BORN TO LIVE
(Ann Mortifee & Michel Legrand)
Ann Mortifee


We were born to live, not just survive
Though the road be long and the river wide
Though the seasons change and the willows bend
Though some dreams break, some others mend

We were born to give and born to take
To win and lose and to celebrate
We were born to know and born to muse
To unfold our hearts, take a chance and choose

We were born to love though we feel the thorn
When a ship sets sail to return no more
Though a door be closed and we feel the pain
To chance it all and to love again

We were born to reach, to seek what's true
To surrender all to make each day new
We were born to laugh and born to cry
To rejoice and grieve, just be be alive

We were born to hope and to know despair
And to stand alone when there's no one there
We were born to trust and to understand
That in every heart there's an outstretched hand

We were born to live, to be right and wrong
To be false and true, to be weak and strong
We were born to live, to break down the walls
And to know that life is to taste it all



(Contributed by Andy & Mogg - October 2003)