Pollution - it's always around

Sometimes up, sometimes down

When I wake up in the morning

No one tells me what to do

One of these days I'm gonna tell them just exactly what I wanna do

You're livin' in the USA

Take another breath of that toxic waste

Livin' in the USA - tryin' not to suck too much detergent

Everytime you go to the store

You read the directions what a bore

Don't think I'm gonna live too long

Just as long as I can sing my song

You won't find it, you won't find

You're gonna try but you just want do it

You won't find, you won't find it

We're all gonna die in the same rat trap

You're livin' in the USA...

I'm standin on the top of the Empire State Building

Looking down on the scene

Things are lookin' cloudy, boy

Wondering where to read the masses

But not to wait

This is your country, man

Hey let's all watch it decay in a dance ritual

Yeah you can see ut i the air

Cuz you're dyin' in the USA - everybody knows it you just can't stop it

You're dyin' in the USA - take another breath it may be your last

Dyin' in the USA - walkin' in the street there's too much fear

Dyin' in the USA - the living will be the dead

We'll be on our way dying in the USA