Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took is 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 my fellow man

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

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "son if it were 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
Born in the USA
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Born in the USA, Born in the USA

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery now
I'm ten years burning down that road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

Born in the U.S.A Born in the USA
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 I was
Born in the U.S.A I was
Born in the U.S.A
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A
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