Born In the U.S.A. Lyrics

by Bruce SpringsteenBorn down in a dead mans town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog thats been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering upBorn 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 the yellow manBorn in the u.s.a...Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said son if it was up to me
Went down to see my v.a. man
He said son, dont you understandI had a brother at khe sahn
Fighting off the viet cong
Theyre still there, hes all goneHe had a woman he loved in saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms nowDown in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
Im ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run aint got nowhere to goBorn in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a.
Born in the u.s.a., Im 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., Im a cool rocking daddy in the u.s.a.