Wasn't Born to Follow

by The Byrds

From the album: The Notorious Byrd Brothers

Track 5 of 17 on The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968).

Duration: 2:03

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Lyrics for Wasn't Born to Follow

No I'd rather go and journey Where the diamond crescent's glowing And run across the valley Beneath the sacred mountain And wander through the forest Where the trees have leaves of prisms And break the light in colors That no one know the names of And when it's time I'll go and lay Beside the legendary fountain 'Till I see her form reflected In its clear and jewelled waters And if you think I'm ready You may lead me to the chasm Where the rivers of our visions Flow into one another I will want to dive beneath the white cascading waters She may beg, she may plead, she may argue with her logic And mention all the things I'll lose That really have no value in the end she will surely know I wasn't born to follow

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