Brian
08-16-2003, 10:11 PM
Bruce Springsteen has been known to come up with hit songs like "I'm on Fire" and other stuff. One of his biggest hits ever, "Born in the U.S.A.", appears to be a patriotic song about someone being proud to be born in the United States and it also appears to define America. If you pay attention to the lyrics, though, as our very own music expert, AKA, has pointed out several times, what you hear and see is a different story.
Born In The U.S.A.
(Bruce Springsteen)
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
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.
I was 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."
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
Now here to run ain't got nowhere to go
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.
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
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 after reading the lyrics, can you see what this song is all about now? It's about hardships in the U.S. It is not a rah-rah America song that many people often assume. Just because the song title reads, "Born in the U.S.A." does not necesarily mean it is patriotic.
Basically what I am saying is that this is, imo, the most misinterpreted and misunderstood song ever made. I didn't know what the song really was until AKA posted the lyrics several months back. Hopefully this thread will be a reminder or a first-time exposure to those who assume that the song is a rah-rah America song.
Born In The U.S.A.
(Bruce Springsteen)
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
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.
I was 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."
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
Now here to run ain't got nowhere to go
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.
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
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 after reading the lyrics, can you see what this song is all about now? It's about hardships in the U.S. It is not a rah-rah America song that many people often assume. Just because the song title reads, "Born in the U.S.A." does not necesarily mean it is patriotic.
Basically what I am saying is that this is, imo, the most misinterpreted and misunderstood song ever made. I didn't know what the song really was until AKA posted the lyrics several months back. Hopefully this thread will be a reminder or a first-time exposure to those who assume that the song is a rah-rah America song.