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 Till' 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. I was born in the U.S.A. now
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 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 says son if it was up to me Went down to see my V.A. man He said "son don't you understand now" Oh yeah Wow wow Wow wow wow
I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the 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 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. now Born in the U.S.A. I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. 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.
