Reply #6: Springsteen wrote "Born in the USA" [View All]

[Buns_of_Fire]

And wellstone_democrat is right -- it's not a "happy" song. But most people don't hear it that way...

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
'Til you spend half your life just covering up

CHORUS

I got in a little hometown jam
And so they put a rifle in my hands
Sent me off to Vietnam
To go and kill the yellow man

CHORUS

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
I go down to see the V.A. man
He said "Son you don't understand"

(There's more, but you get the idea...)