[Verse 1] Born 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 up [Hook] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Hook] 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 Born in the U.S.A [Verse 3] 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, dont you understand [Verse 4] I had a brother at Khe Sanh fighting off the Viet Cong Theyre still there, hes all gone He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now [Verse 5] Down 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 go [Hook] Born 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
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