Born in the U.S.A.

Lyrics

Born down in a dead man's town First kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Then you spend half your life trying to cover it up Born in the U.S.A 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 Go and kill the yellow man 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 says, "Son, if it was up to me..." I went down to see my V.A. man He said, "Son, don't you understand?" Had a brother at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there and he's all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms 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 Born in the U.S.A Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A Born in the U.S.A