Denny Bales

Born To Die

Music

Denny Bales

Lyrics

Chuck Bales

Engineer

Bill Blue

Producer

Denny Bales

Players

Denny Bales - Vocal, Piano, Mellotron, Moog
Rick Telli - Bass

About

I had the music pretty much composed when I presented it to my brother for lyrical ideas. The song became larger than life to when bassist Rick Telli invented the bass line (which in my opinion is pure genius). We recorded it together live with only two synthesizer overdubs.

Lyrics

Oh look up
Into the sea of stars
Where we realize
How small we are
It only serves to show
How very little we know

Or wake up
From a long cold night
And feel the warmth
From morning light
And feel the work of one
Who made the stars and sun

Each day his giving
Gets lost in living
We never really
Feel like praying
We watch our days go
So fast that we know
There's soon a time when
We start paying

Oh look out at a day of life
Look at all the pain and strife
And that's the reason why
Just ask the reason why
A man is born to die

Each day his giving
Gets lost in living
We never really
Feel like praying

Oh look out at a day of life
Look at all the pain and strife
And that's the reason why
And that's the reason why
A man is born to die