Born in the U.S.A.

(Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) 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 'Til you spend half your life just coverin' up now (Born) born in the USA I was (born) in the USA I was (born) born in the USA (Born) born in the USA Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land (foreign land) To go and kill my fellow men (Born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA (Born) born in the USA Come back home to the refinery (oh-oh, oh) Hiring man says, "Son, if it was up to me" (ooh-ooh) Went down to see my VA man (VA man) He said, "Son, don't you understand?" (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh) I had a brother at Khe Sanh Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone (Born in the USA) He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now (Born in the USA) oh, no (Born in the USA) hey, hey Down in the shadow of the penitentiary (oh-oh, oh) Out by the gas fires of the refinery now (ooh-ooh) I'm ten years burnin' down that road Nowhere to run, nowhere to go Born in the USA Born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA (USA) I'm a long-gone daddy in the USA now (Born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA I'm a cool (born) rockin' daddy in the USA I'm (born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA I'm a long-gone daddy in the USA now (Born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA I'm a cool rockin' daddy in the USA I'm (born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA I was (born) born in the USA I'm a long-gone daddy in the USA