DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Wasn't Born To Follow lyrics

(Gerry Goffin / Carole King)

Though I'd rather go and journey

Where the diamond crescents glowing

Run across the valleys

Beneath the sacred mountain

And wander through the forest

Where the trees of leaves are prisms

That break the light of day into colours

That no-one knows the names of

And when it's time

I go and wait beside

A legendary fountain

'Til I see your form reflected

In it's clear and jewelled water

And if you think I'm ready

You may lead me to the chasm

Where the rivers of our vision

Flow into one another

And I'll stay awhile

And wonder at

The myths that they've created

And lose myself within it

Cleanse my mind and body

And I know at the moment

As I stand in that cathedral

I will want to dive in

The white cascading water, water, water

He may beg

And he may plead

He may argue with his logic

He can mention all the things I'll lose

That really have no value

Though I doubt that he will ever come

To understand my meaning

In the end he'll surely know

I was not born to follow

I was not born to follow

I wasn't born to follow, no, no

I wasn't born to follow

I wasn't born to follow, no, no

I wasn't born to follow

I wasn't born to follow

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