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 COVERING UP



BORN IN THE USA

I WAS BORN IN THE USA

I WAS BORN IN THE USA

BORN IN THE USA



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



BORN IN THE USA...



COME BACK HOME TO THE REFINERY

HIRING MAN SAYS: " SON IF IT WAS UP TO ME"

WENT DOWN TO SEE MY V.A. MAN

HE SAID: "SON, DON´T YOU UNDERSTAND NOW"



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 PENITENTIARY

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



BORN IN THE USA....



I´M A COOL ROCKING DADDY IN THE USA