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Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I (1)________ was (2)________ I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend (3)________ your life just to cover it up, now
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., now
Got in a (4)____________ (5)________________ jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Send me off to a (6)______________ land
To go and (7)________ the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A., I was...
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A., I was...
Born in the U.S.A.
Come back (8)________ 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?"
...
I had a (9)______________ at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Vietcong
They're (10)__________ there, he's all gone

He had a (11)__________ he (12)__________ in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms, now

Down in the (13)____________ of the penitentiary
Out by the gas (14)__________ of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the U.S.A., I was...
Born in the U.S.A., now
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long (15)________ (16)__________ in the U.S.A., now
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
...
Answers:
(1) took(2) when(3) half(4) little(5) hometown(6) foreign(7) kill(8) home(9) brother(10) still(11) woman(12) loved(13) shadow(14) fires(15) gone(16) daddy