Born In The U.S.A.

Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took is when I hit the ground You end up like a dog who's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just coverin' up Born in the USA I was born in the USA I was born in the USA Born in the USA 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 USA I was born in the USA I was born in the USA I was born in the USA Born in the USA Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says, "Son, if it was up to me!" Went down to see my VA man He said, "Son, you don't understand!" I had a brother at Khe Sahn 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 Down in the shadows of the penitentary Out by the gasfires of the refinery I'm ten years burnin' down the road Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go Born in the USA I was born in the USA Born in the USA I"m a long gone daddy in the USA Born in the USA Born in the USA Born in the USA I'm a cool rockin' daddy in the USA