Topic: What's he REALLY Singin' About ... ?
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Mon 05/31/10 09:37 PM
Edited by Kings_Knight on Mon 05/31/10 09:37 PM
Okay ... everybody knows the tune, everybody hums along and does the fist-pump when it's played at a football game or some other event, BUT: What's the boy REALLY sayin' here ... ? These are just the OPENING lyrics from 'Born In The USA', and it don't sound like he's all that fond of the place:

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:]

Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

This ain't about appreciatin' - this is 'poor me' and 'I'm a victim' ... funny how a country that's so terrible provided him the opportunity for unimaginable wealth ...