Born In The U.S.A

Born down in a dead mans town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend half your life just covering up.

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.
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".

I had a brother at Khe Sanh
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.
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.