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 covering up
* 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
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Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man He said "Son, don't you understand"
I had a brother at Khe Sahn 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
Down in the shadow of the peni tentiary 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
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