Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A. 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
'Til you spend
half your life just covering up

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Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

I
got in a little hometown jam
And so they put a rifle in my hands
Sent me
off to Vietnam
To go and kill the yellow man

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Come
back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
I go
down to see the V.A. man
He said "Son don't you understand"

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I had a buddy at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're
still there, he's all gone
He had a little girl in Saigon
I got a
picture of him in her arms

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary

Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years down the road

Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go

I'm a long gone Daddy in the
U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.