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Born In The U S A Lyrics

Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Born In The U.S.A.

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

CHORUS
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

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

CHORUS

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 the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Now here to run ain't got nowhere to go

CHORUS

I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.

Comments/Interpretations

by ME & MYSELF on 11/5/2010 3:10pm
Amazing...brilliant...excellent...

by The Boss on 7/10/2012 1:10pm
still the best!!!

by Question on 5/25/2015 5:11am
What actually is that song about? I've heard a lot of people saying lately that it's such a pity only so few people knew what the song was really about. English also isn't my native lnguage which makes understanding what the song is about definitely not easier. Long story short: Is there anyone willing to tell me about the story behind the song?