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 cov-er-ing up now 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 lit-tle home+town jam So they put a ri-fle in my ha-nd 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 yeah Born in the U-S-A. I was born in the U-S-A Come+back home to the re-fin-er-y Hir-ing man says "Son+if it was up to m-e" Went down+to see my V-A man He said "Son, don't+you un-der-stand"+now Oh yeah No no No no no I had a bro-ther at Khe Sahn fight-ing off the Vi-et Co-ng They're still+there, he's all gone He had a wo-man he loved in Sai-gon I got a pict-ure of him in her arms now Down+in the sha-dow of+the peni-tent-iary Out by the gas fires of the ref-in-er-y I'm ten years burn-ing down+the road No-where+to run ain't got nowhere+to go 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 Dad-dy 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 rock-ing Dad-dy in the U-S-A. now Oh yeah No no no No no no No no no No no no