(Steve Miller)

Stand back, stand back

Stand back, stand back



Stand back, stand back

Stand back, stand back



Doot do do do do doot doot

Living in the U.S.A.

Doot do do do do doot doot

Living in the U.S.A.



Where are you goin' to

What are you gonna do

Do you think that it will be easy

Do you think that it will be pleasin', hey



Stand back, what'd you say

Stand back, I won't pay

Stand back, I'd rather play

Stand back



It's my freedom

Ah, don't worry 'bout me, babe

I got to be free, babe

Hey



Doot do do do do doot doot

Living in the U.S.A.

Doot do do do do doot doot

Living in the U.S.A.



Stand back, dietician

Stand back, television

Stand back, politician

Stand back, mortician



Oh, we got to get away

Living in the U.S.A.

Come on baby, Owwww



I see a yellow man, a brown man

A white man, a red man

Lookin' for Uncle Sam

To give you a helpin' hand

But everybody's kickin' sand

Even politicians

We're living in a plastic land

Somebody give me a hand, yeah



Oh, we're gonna make it, baby

Oh, we're going to shake it, baby

Oh, don't break it

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah



Come on baby, hey

Hey, hey

In the U.S.A., babe yeah



Doot do do do do doot doot

Living in the U.S.A.

Don't worry 'bout me, babe

Doot do do do do doot doot

Living in the U.S.A.

Living in the U.S.A.

Doot do do do do doot doot

Living in the U.S.A.

I got to be free

Doot do do do do doot doot

Living in the U.S.A.

Come on try it, you can buy it, you can leave it next week, yeah-ac