"Born in the U.S.A."

[00:17.81] Born down in a dead man's town

[00:21.08] The first kick I took was when I hit the ground

[00:25.15] You end up like a dog that's been beat too much

[00:28.61] Till you spend half your life just covering up, now

[00:33.67] Born in the U.S.A.

[00:36.86] I was born in the U.S.A.

[00:40.84] I was born in the U.S.A.

[00:45.64] Born in the U.S.A. now

[00:49.67] Got in a little hometown jam

[00:53.67] So they put a rifle in my hand

[00:57.67] Sent me off to a foreign land

[01:01.39] To go and kill the yellow man

[01:05.41] Born in the U.S.A.

[01:08.60] I was born in the U.S.A.

[01:12.59] I was born in the U.S.A.

[01:16.32] I was born in the U.S.A.

[01:20.91] Come back home to the refinery

[01:24.14] Hiring man says, "Son, if it was up to me"

[01:29.18] Went down to see my V.A. man

[01:32.14] He said, "Son, don't you understand"

[01:37.84] .

[01:52.33] I had a brother at Khe Sanh

[01:56.35] Fighting off them Viet Cong

[02:00.07] They're still there, he's all gone

[02:04.09] .

[02:07.78] He had a woman he loved in Saigon

[02:11.55] I got a picture of him in her arms now

[02:16.37] .

[02:23.05] Down in the shadow of the penitentiary

[02:26.29] Out by the gas fires of the refinery

[02:30.63] I'm ten years burning down the road

[02:35.15] Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go

[02:39.40] Born in the U.S.A.

[02:42.34] I was born in the U.S.A. now

[02:47.38] Born in the U.S.A.

[02:50.13] I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now

[02:55.43] Born in the U.S.A.

[02:59.16] Born in the U.S.A.

[03:03.15] Born in the U.S.A.

[03:05.83] I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now

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