[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
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.

[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, don`t you understand”

[Verse 4]
I had a brother at Khe Sanh
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

[Verse 5]
Down in the shadow of the 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

[Chorus]
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 rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now