Born down in a

dead man's town

the first kick I took was

when I hit the ground

End up like a dog

that's been beat too much

'til you spend

half your life

just coverin' 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 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

I had a brother at Khe Sanh

fightin' 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

burnin' 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