Lost faith in the human spirit
You walk around like a ghost
Your star spangled heart
Took a train for the coast

When you shine you're a hill top mansion
So how'd ya lose the light?
Was it blown by the wind?
In the still of the night
Up against the wall

Up against the wall
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back on your feet
(But you can't stop now)

I always saw you as a kind of keeper
Mother to a child
But your boys have grown soft
And your girls have gone wild

From the blue ranch to the black hills
To the redwood sky
The season they pass
But the dream doesn't die

Now don't you drop the ball
Up against the wall
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back on your feet
(But you can't stop now)

When they break your heart
And when they called you soft
In the morn remember what I said
Boy you was Battle Born
(But you can't stop now)

You was Battle Born

When the night boils on the land
Are you haunted by the sound?

It's gonna take more than a hand
To turn this thing around
But you need it underneath
Rescue, set me free!

Up against the wall
Up against the wall
There's something dying on the street
Up against the wall
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back on your feet

(But you can't stop now)

Did they break your heart?
And did they call you soft?
In the morn remember what I said
Boy you was battle born

(But you can't stop now)

Come on show your face
Come on give us one look more (?)Fire
Unless you fall into the dark

You never win
You never lose
You can never shine if you never prove
Rise in time
They never told
The family man
Turn away
The open home