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Baby We Were Born To Die

from B Sides and Rarities by Jen Cloher

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Originally from the Baby We Were Born To Die EP released in 2011.

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Every morning
I wake alone
Naked and dumb
I present myself to you
Nothing to fear
One day I’m gonna die
And all that I did
Will be witnessed
In a sparrows eye.

I’ll never know just why
If I don’t sing I sigh
Baby we were born to die

Deers are barking
In the middle of the night
Echo through the woods
They sound like spirits
Leaving their bodies
Before they fly
Watching the one
Who gave you breath
Take their last
Who held your little life
Like a precious stone In their grasp.

I’ll never know just why
If I don’t sing I sigh
Baby we were born to die

Birds wake up singing
How good is that?
Every blade of grass
Gets on with growing
While people in the city
Grow lawns for mowing
All watched over by machines
Of loving grace
When all is told
Will we have even left a trace?

I’ll never know just why
If I don’t sing I sigh
Just have to be don’t try
Cos’ Baby we were born to die.

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from B Sides and Rarities, released March 25, 2018
Jen Cloher vocals and guitar
Courtney Barnett vocals and guitar
Jen Sholakis drums
Tom Healy bass

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Jen Cloher Melbourne, Australia

Jen Cloher (Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Kahu) is a songwriter and performer living on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm Melbourne.

Cloher’s taut, terse brand of rock is charged with the static tension only an outsider can possess. Admirers have naturally gravitated towards Cloher’s incisive, generous songwriting. Over the course of five albums, they have become one of this continents most revered songwriters.
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