Born in the U.S.A.

Born down in a dead man's town The 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 tryna cover it all Born in the USA 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, go and kill the yellow man I was born in the USA 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 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 USA Born in the USA Born in the USA Born in the USA Born in the USA I was born in the USA Born in the USA