Voted for the savior when I turned a man
He kicked my ass and killed my plans
Ended up a slave that’s been beat too much
But I stay with that guy even when he’s covering up
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Saw a nation dying hard, so they put a drone in my hand
Sent it off to that foreign land, to go and get their oil, man
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Come back home to three shit jobs
Pay my taxes but my money’s robbed
Went to see my senator man
He said “son, we rich people need you to understand”
Got a disease but nothing to be done
The virus got my mom and she’s all gone
The rich get richer and I get more lean
It’s like the rest of us are never seen
Shadow of the penitentiary
Coal dust settling on us fucking sheep
I’m years now believing in that man
Don’t know why or how it began
Born in the USA
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
I was born in the USA
Born in the USA
Bruce, we need you! Where are your anthems about our lives? Where’s your anger and the spirit that made you write the original song back in the 80’s? Give us that again. We need it.
UPDATE: If anyone has any musical talent (I don’t), I will pay someone to do an acoustic version of this song that I can upload. Speak up people!
These lyrics seem about right. We must love being screwed by sweet-talkers like our president, since we’ve been putting up with it from the day we were born.
I was kind of proud of myself for this little adaptation, all poetic and the like… politicians screw us no matter what and where, but this current leader is the worst in our lifetimes in the western world.
I hope you find someone to do the song for you. It deserves to be heard.
Can you sing??? I just can’t. Or play an acoustic guitar. Or really do much of anything. I figure someone on here must be able to sing. I’m not going to make them rich or anything but hey, I’ll pay.
I wish you could hear the laughter here about you asking if I could sing. I have this “adorable” habit of making up songs and singing them as off key as possible. There is also one really old song I have sung to every kid in our family over the years and when someone walks in on me sharing the first words out of their mouth are, “Oh, no! Not the song”.
Okay, well, you at least have to do a post singing that song…
I would lose the few followers I have left.
Yeah but but… not me. Surely not me! I would listen to every note, Michelle. Bring it on!
You are a scary guy, Trent. A very scary guy.
Oh heck Michelle, you have no idea… but wanting to hear you sing is ringing pretty well in my head.
Nope. No. Not going to happen.
Dang it!
No musical talent, unless you count the whistling that comes out of my nose.
Well done, sir … we definitely need a new anthem for the 2020s. Something needs to change.
Nose whistling? That’s better than I got.
Something does need to change. This just isn’t a joke anymore, or politics. It’s about human decency and who we want to be.
I am a fan of cynical rewrites… but that one hurts.
It was kinda meant to… let’s drink hard, reach rock bottom, and rebuild this shit show.
Speaking of shitshows, how is it looking for those 8 lines of manic Shakespeare?
Not sure if you’ve heard but there’s a global pandemic at play. I’ll get to it in next four days.
You don’t have to expose yourself… ha! Just wipe down the microphone with disinfectant wipes… before and after. Also, don’t touch your face… or any other part of your anatomy.
I’m going to use my butt to do the vocals.
Well, you do tend to talk out of your ass… HA!!!!!!!!!!!
I slur a bit, and there’s a small accent to get over with, but otherwise the articulation is excellent.
It is your breath that worries me… ha!
Oh schmack!
I know what it means when you say that word.
Ummmm… schmack!
owww… and eeew
I think Springsteen has been socially distancing for the last few years.
As for the song, you could try to find a karaoke version of the song and record it with your words.
That’s a really good idea… but I can’t sing. Wanna sing for me, X?