Bruce Springsteen
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend half your life just to cover it up, now
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
Send me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
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 Vietcong
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., now
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A., now
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., now
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Two worlds collide
Rival nations
It's a primitive clash
Venting years of frustrations
Bravely we hope
Against all hope
There is so much at stake
Seems our freedom's up
Against the ropes
Does the crowd understand?
Is it East versus West
Or man against man
Can any nation stand alone
In the burning heart
Just about to burst
There's a quest for answers
An unquenchable thirst
In the darkest night
Rising like a spire
In the burning heart
The unmistakable fire
In the burning heart
In the warrious code
There's no surrender
Though his body says stop
His spirit cries, never!
Deep in our soul
A quiet ember
Know it's you against you
It's the paradox
That drives us on
It's a battle of wills
In the heat of attack
It's the passion that kills
The victory is yours alone
In the burning heart
Just about to burst
There's a quest for answers
An unquenchable thirst
In the darkest night
Rising like a spire
In the burning heart
The unmistakable fire
In the burning heart
Just about to burst
There's a quest for answers
An unquenchable thirst
In the darkest night
Rising like a spire
In the burning heart
The unmistakable fire
In the burning heart
Just about to burst
There's a quest for answers
An unquenchable thirst
In the darkest night
Rising like a spire
In the burning heart
The unmistakable fire
In the burning heart
here's another hottie from 80s
"Though I Must Admit That ...........While They Were Running To Canada To Avoid The Draft?"
"There I Was..Not Even Drafted"........."Enlisting In The U S Army"
(Perhaps For Those That Didnt Resist The Draft.......... Or Enlisted During That Era?)
"A Fitting Song Would Be"............."Still In Saigon"
"Then... We Find Out Years Later...After 58,000 Of Us Died"...Never Mind The Maimed And Wounded.... That"
"The Gulf Of Tonkin Incident?"......."Never Ever Happened"
"Which Gave The Go Ahead For America To Jump Into Vietnam........ Full Force"
"3 Million Vietnamese People Died In That Conflict"
"I Call It A Conflict Because..... If It Was A Real War?
"We'd Have Been On Chinas Border In 6 Months....... If We Wanted To"
"As I Wrote Before About Khe Sanh"
"If It Wasnt For That North Korean Defector Who Defected The Night Before?.....And Telling The Plans To The Americans?
"The 6000 Americans At Khe Sanh?..................... Would Have Been Unready For the Onslaught Of 20,000 Viet Cong At 5 AM That Following Morning......And They All Would Have Died...To A Man"
"Born In The USA?"............."Brings A Lot Of Memories Back"
"Some Good"...."And Some Bad"
"But I Dont Ever Regret Doing What I Did"..
."Or Regret Being................ "Born In The USA"........................