Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Steve Miller Band
Performer
Lonnie Turner
Bass
James Peterman
Background Vocals
Boz Scaggs
Guitar
Steve Miller
Vocals
Tim Davis
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Steve Miller
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steve Miller Band
Producer
Glyn Johns
Producer
Sweet
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Stand back
Stand back
[Verse 2]
Stand back
Stand back
Stand back
Stand back
[Verse 3]
Living in the U.S.A.
Living in the U.S.A.
[Verse 4]
Where are you goin' to?
What are you gonna do?
Do you think that it will be easy?
Do you think that it will be pleasin'?
Hey hey
[Verse 5]
What'd you say?
I won't pay
I 'd rather play
It's my freedom
Yeah, don't worry about me, babe
I've got to be free, babe
Hey hey
[Verse 6]
Living in the U.S.A.
Living in the U.S.A.
[Verse 7]
Dietician
Television
Politician
Mortician
[Verse 8]
Oh, we got to get away
Living in the U.S.A.
Come on baby
Ow
[Verse 9]
I see a yellow man, a brown man
A white man, a red man
Lookin' for Uncle Sam
To give you a helping hand
But everybody's kicking sand
Even politicians
We're living in a plastic land
Somebody give me a hand
Yeah
[Verse 10]
Oh, we're gonna make it, baby
Yeah, we're gonna shake it, baby
Oh, don't break it
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[Verse 11]
Come on baby, hey
Hey
In the U.S.A. babe, yeah
[Verse 12]
Living in the U.S.A.
Don't worry about me, babe
Living in the U.S.A.
I got to be free
Come on try
You can buy it
You can leave it next week yeah
Somebody give me a cheeseburger
[Verse 13]
Living in the U.S.A.
Living in the U.S.A.
Yeah, hey hey
Written by: Steve Miller