Born down in a dead man's town And the first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much 'Til you spend half your life just to cover 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 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. Born in the U.S.A.
Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says, "Son, if it was up to me" I go down to see the 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, he's all gone He had a little girl in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road I've got nowhere to run and nowhere to go
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 long time daddy in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A. I'm a cool rocking daddy 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. 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