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

Born down in a dead man's town
The (1)__________ kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been (2)________ too much
'Til you (3)__________ half 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 (6)__________ in my hand
Send me off to a foreign 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 still there, he's all gone

He had a (10)__________ he (11)__________ in Saigon
I got a (12)______________ of him in her arms, now

Down in the (13)____________ of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years (14)______________ (15)________ the road
Nowhere to run, ain't got (16)______________ 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 (17)________ (18)________ 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 cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A., now
...
Answers:
(1) first(2) beat(3) spend(4) little(5) hometown(6) rifle(7) kill(8) home(9) brother(10) woman(11) loved(12) picture(13) shadow(14) burning(15) down(16) nowhere(17) long(18) gone