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
    CHORUS
    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
    CHORUS
    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.