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 now
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 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
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
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 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 now
born in the u s a
born in the u s a
born in the u s a
i'm a cool rockin daddy in the u s a now
