Bruce Springsteen Lyrics

Album: Born In The U.S.A.

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.