― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Thursday, 28 September 2006 19:55 (seventeen years ago) link
Honorable mention to "Crackerbox Palace" - George Harrison ("I was so young when I was born")
― SB Sorrow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
The pre-rock soul classic (I forget its name) that begins 'I was born a poor, poor man, And all my life...'
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, September 25, 2006 5:58 AM (4 years ago)
"Rainbow Road," Arthur Alexander
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, September 25, 2006 9:19 AM (4 years ago)
These are the same song.
― SB Sorrow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Not quite the same, but "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison starts, "We were born before the wind."
― o. nate, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link
(Although "Rainbow Road" is not pre-rock)
― HOOSIC has the right to steendrive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Aceyalone, "The March"
― bentelec, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i was born mean...by the time i was two they were calling me, calling me satan
i was born mean...by the time i was twelve i was killing, killing for satan
― paul wibier - "killing for satan (love theme from satan's sadists)"
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73zJZ1Rw5Rs
The Indelicates - The Road from Houston to Waco("I was born Vernon Wayne Howell of Houston")
― if, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
"Born on Saturday" by Saturday's Children - "I was born on a Saturday..."
― Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
can't believe nobody mentioned The Birthday Party's "Mutiny In Heaven"...
"I was born...
and fled this fuckin' heap on doctored wings"
― sleeve, Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
love this thread
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Captain Beefheart "Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do"
― sleeve, Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Mercyful Fate's "Evil"
"I was born in a cemetaryUnder the sign of the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON"
― SBing crosby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:36 (thirteen years ago) link