Lyrics

[Verse 1] Born down in a dead man's 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 coverin' up, now [Chorus] 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. now [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] Born in the U.S.A.  I was born in the U.S.A.  I was born in the U.S.A.  I was born in the U.S.A.  [Verse 3] Come back home to the refinery Hirin' man says, "Son, if it was up to me" Went down to see my V.A. man He said, "Son, don't you understand now?" [Interlude] Oh, yeah No, no No, no, no [Verse 4] I had a brother at Khe Sanh Fightin' off them 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 [Verse 5] Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burnin' down the road Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go [Chorus] Born in the U.S.A.  I was born in the U.S.A. now Born in the U.S.A.  I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now 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. now