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Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. Lyrics

Song details
TitleBorn In The U.S.A.
ArtistBruce Springsteen
AlbumCollection 1973-1984 [2010], Track 1 Disc 7
The Essential Bruce Springsteen [2003], Track 16
Greatest Hits [1995], Track 8
Born In The U.S.A. [1984], Track 1
GenreClassical, Rock
Duration04:44
Rank2,699 (−785) history »
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Song 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
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the USA
I was born in the USA
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Send me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the USA
I was born in the USA
I was born in the USA
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA

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'

I 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
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go

Born in the USA
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA
I'm a long gone Daddy in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the USA
corrected on 30-01-2006


20 comments 

 Song comments
  09-12-2009 21:24 rainking884 
rainking884
 
424 posts
What can I say? A Classic with a capital C. Best rock song ever??
  01-08-2008 08:57 heat84 
heat84
 
95 posts
I think part of the reason this song is misinterpreted is because other than "Born in the USA" you can't hear the lyrics very clearly.
  05-09-2007 14:24 Boobik 
Boobik
 
4 posts
this song is about the soldiers who came back from vietaim after all this time, and nobody's doing anything for them.
they have to start all over after all this time of fighting for their country.
it's about giving it all for your country and getting non back...
  09-06-2007 00:34 aquamarble 
aquamarble
 
2 posts
This song isn't about not being proud of america, or hating america. It takes two countries to have a war, and to just blame america because they did or didn't do something is just wrong. That's not what the song is about. It's about an american soldier who faught in vietnam. It has nothing to do with be ashamed of America, the song is strictly about the soldier, watch VH1, I usually don' but they had the greatest 80's song countdown on.
  22-03-2006 03:23 Chrisrocks53 
Chrisrocks53
 
13,570 posts
Sierra always thinks along in the same lines as me,

This is such a good song.

The drum solo at the end is wickedly hard.
  13-02-2006 17:08 PinkFloyd 
PinkFloyd
 
27,742 posts
Well, obviously we share different views.
  13-02-2006 17:08 veenzie_cool 
veenzie_cool
 
2,536 posts
great song
  13-02-2006 17:07 ThatJohnny 
ThatJohnny
 
1,724 posts
Well, it's an awesome song, can't say no to that.. I've just totally overplayed it.. It's not his best though
  13-02-2006 17:05 PinkFloyd 
PinkFloyd
 
27,742 posts
Such a good song, his best, I must say.
  29-12-2005 18:03 sfrankenstein 
sfrankenstein
 
7 posts
I am proud to be born in the USA too, but that is NOT what this song is about at all. It is almost like he ashamed or embarrased to be an American because of how we treat war, violence, and death in this country.
  25-09-2005 18:00 gustavo_uuff 
gustavo_uuff
 
52 posts
good song
  10-08-2005 20:27 tayv3 
tayv3
 
13 posts
I think the lyrics are saying about how He isn't proud to be born here because of the war and stuff. Am I correct or am I misinterperating the lyrics?

But anyway, great song
  20-07-2005 05:18 Kielkay 
Kielkay
 
122 posts
what a lovely song this is, i wanna frickafo it
  03-07-2005 14:56 RubyJTuesday 
RubyJTuesday
 
63 posts
why does it make you GLAD you were born in the USA?! Why do people keep misintrepreting it!! Read the lyrics!!!
  09-02-2005 05:42 dark_knight86 
dark_knight86
 
4,992 posts
This song makes me glad I was born in The USA. It rocks and so does Bruce Springsteen . ppl should worshiping him not Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake, Yuck
  05-02-2005 08:15 Floressa 
Floressa
 
214 posts
love it
  04-12-2004 01:38 thunderstruck23 
thunderstruck23
 
24 posts
why are you not talking about any of these songs I think there some of the best lyrics ever written by one of the best songwriters ever
  21-10-2004 21:31 thisgirlthatboy 
thisgirlthatboy
 
314 posts
this song is so famous and so amazing. I'm shocked at the lack of people talking about it!
  04-08-2004 02:35 evee 
evee
 
2,842 posts
...i guess it did its time....but yeah back then it was a hit...
  04-08-2004 02:27 h3artbr3ak3r 
h3artbr3ak3r
 
9 posts
Bruce was DEAD SEXY back in the 80's so you gotta love this song! It's really famous to so I don't see why ya'll folks aren't disscussin about it!


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