Born in the USA, a song by Bruce Springsteen↗ (b1949).
Title: Born in the USA. Date: 1984. Lyrics: Bruce Springsteen. Singer: Bruce Springsteen.
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 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. now 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 Born in the U.S.A. ... 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 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 U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., 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.
See also: Khe Sahn↗, Viet Cong↗, Saigon↗.
This song was meant to be a complaint on Vietnam War, but was often taken by politicians as song of nationalism and used in their political campaigns sans permission.
above: Cover of album Born In The USA. (amazon.com↗).
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