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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 took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you (1)__________ (2)________ your (3)________ 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)____________ hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Send 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.
Born in the U.S.A., I was...
Born in the U.S.A.
Come back (5)________ 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 brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Vietcong
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 (6)______________ (7)________ the road
Nowhere to run, ain't got (8)______________ 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 gone daddy 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 (9)________ (10)______________ daddy in the U.S.A., now
...
Answers:
(1) spend(2) half(3) life(4) little(5) home(6) burning(7) down(8) nowhere(9) cool(10) rocking