2012년 3월 31일 토요일

Born in the USA -- Bruce Springsteen


Born down in a dead man 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. 

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 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 the shadow of the penitentiary  Out by the gas fires of the refinery 
I'm ten years burning down the road   Nowhere to run aint 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. 


Springsteen wrote this about the problems Vietnam veterans encountered when they returned to America. Vietnam was the first war the US didn't win, and while veterans of other wars received a hero's welcome, those who fought in Vietnam were mostly ignored when they returned to the states.                                                       (songfacts)

    Washington DC: Vietnam Veteran's Memorial 


       Vietnam veteran saluting     

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