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.

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., I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A.

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "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…

You can´t start a fire
You can´t start a fire without a spark
This gun´s for hire
Even if we´re just dancing in the dark

Message keeps getting clearer

Radio´s on and i´m moving ´round the place

I check my look in the mirror
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man I ain´t getting nowhere just living
In a dump like this
There´s something happening somewhere
Baby i just know that there is

You can´t start a fire
You can´t start a fire without a spark
This gun´s for hire
Even if we´re just dancing in the dark

You sit around getting older
There´s a joke here somewhere and it´s on me
I´ll shake this world off my shoulders
Come on baby the laugh´s on me

Stay on the streets of this town
And they´ll be carving you up all right
They say you gotta stay hungry
Hey baby I´m just about starving tonight
I´m dying for some action
I´m sick of sitting around here trying to write
This book
I need a love reaction
Come on now baby gimme just one look

You can´t start a fire sitting ´round crying
Over a broken heart
This gun´s for hire
Even if we´re just dancing in the dark
You can´t start a fire worrying about
Your little world falling apart
This gun´s for hire
Even if we´re just dancing in the dark
Even if we´re just dancing in the dark...