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,

Till

you

spend

half

your

life

just

to

cov-

er

it

up

now.

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.

Got

in

a

lit-

tle

home-

town

jam

So

they

put

a

ri-

fle

in

my

hand

Sent

me

off

to

a

for-

eign

land

To

go

and

kill

the

yel-

low

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

re-

fi-

ne-

ry

Hi-

ring

man

said

"son

if

it

was

up

to

me"

Went

down

to

see

my

V.

A.

man

He

said

"son,

don't

you

un-

der-

stand"

I

had

a

brother

at

Khe

Sahn

fight-

ing

off

the

Viet

Cong

They're

still

there,

he's

all

gone.

He

had

a

wo-

man

he

loved

in

Sai-

gon.

I

got

a

pic-

ture

of

him

in

her

arms

now.

Down_in

the

shadow

of

the

peni-

ten-

tia-

ry

Out_by

the

gas

fires

of

the

re-

fin-

ery.

I

am

ten

years

burning

down

the

road.

No-

where

to

run

ain't

got

no-

where

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

gone

Dad-

dy

in

the

U.

S.

A.

Born

in

the

U.

S.

A.

Born

in

the

U.

S.

A.

Born

in

the

U.

S.

A.

I

am

a

cool

rocking

Dad-

dy

in

the

U.

S.

A.