Born in the u.s.a

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Born down in a dead man's town
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The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
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You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
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Till you spend half your life just to cover it up now

Rit.

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Born in the u.s.a
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I was born in the u.s.a
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I was born in the u.s.a
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Born in the u.s.a
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Now

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Got in a little home town jam
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So thy put a rifle in my hand
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Sent me off to a foreign land
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To go and kill the yellow man

Rit.

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Born in the u.s.a
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I was born in the u.s.a
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I was born in the u.s.a
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Born in the u.s.a

Verse 3
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"
I had a brother at Khesan
They're still there he's all gone
He had a woman that he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him
In her arms, now
Down in the shadown of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run, ain't nowhere to go

Rit.

Born in the u.s.a
I was born in the u.s.a
I was born in the u.s.a
I'm a long gone daddy in the u.s.a, now

Rit.

Born in the u.s.a
I was born in the u.s.a
I was born in the u.s.a
I'm a cool rocking daddy in the u.s.a