Born down in a
dead mans town
The first kick I took
was when
I hit the ground
You end up like a dog
that's been beat too much
till you spend half
your life just covering
up now
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
born in the U.S.A.
Got in a little
hometown jam
so they put
a rifle in my hand
Sent me off
to a foreign land
to go and kill
the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
born in the U.S.A.
Come back home
to the refinery
hiring man said son
if it was up to me
Went down to see
my V.A. man
he said son
don't you understand
Oh yeah
Ooh
Ooh ooh
I had a brother
at Khe Sahn
fighting off
the Viet Cong
They're still there
he's all gone
He had a woman
he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him
in her arms now
Down in the shadow
of the penitentiary
out by the gas fires
of the refinery
I'm ten years burning
down the road
nowhere to run
ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone daddy
in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
born in the U.S.A.
born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking daddy
in the U.S.A.
