"Born In The USA" lyrics

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 to cover it up

Born in the U.S.A.
Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Well I got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
And they sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

And I'm born in the U.S.A.
Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Well I come back home to the refinery
And the hiring man said if it was up to me
And I went down to see my V.A. man
He said Son, don't you understand

And I had a brother at Khe Sanh fighting off the Viet Cong
Well they're still there, but he's all gone

He had a woman they lived in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms

And I'm born in the U.S.A.
Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.

Well down in the shadows of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
Well I'm ten years burning down the road
Ain't got nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

And I'm born in the U.S.A.
Yes I'm born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.