Born In The USA

Born down in a dead man's 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 to cover it up

Born in the U.S.A.

Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Well I got in a little hometown jam

So they put a rifle in my hand

And they sent me off to a foreign land

To go and kill the yellow man

And I'm born in the U.S.A.

Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Well I come back home to the refinery

And the hiring man said If it was up to me

And I went down to see my V.A. man

He said Son, don't you understand

And I had a brother at Khe Sanh fighting off the Viet Cong

Well they're still there, but he's all gone

He had a woman they lived in Saigon

I got a picture of him in her arms

And I'm born in the U.S.A.

Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Well down in the shadows of the penitentiary

Out by the gas fires of the refinery

Well I'm ten years burning down the road

Ain't got nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

And I'm born in the U.S.A.

Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.