Born down in a dead man’s town 生在一个死气沉沉的小镇
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground 像被人踢了一脚，我呱呱落地
You end up like a dog that’s been beat too much 你就像落水狗一般每天忍受殴打
Till you spend half your life just covering up 你却花了大半辈子时间去掩盖它
Born in the USA 生在美国
I was born in the USA 我生在美国
Born in the USA 生在美国
Got in a little hometown jam 小镇人满为患
So they put a rifle in my hand 于是他们往我手里塞了把步枪
Sent me off to a foreign land 送我到陌生的地方
To go and kill the yellow man 去征讨那些黄皮肤的越南人
Born in the USA 生在美国
I was born in the USA 我生在美国
Born in the USA 生在美国
I was born in the USA 我生在美国
Come back home to the refinery 退伍后我去了一家冶炼厂
Hiring man said “son if it was up to me” 工头对我说，孩子我不能做主
Went down to see my V.A. man 我又回去见我的长官
He said“son, don’t you understand” 他说，孩子，你并不明白
I had a brother at KheSahn 我和我的哥们一起经历溪山战役
Fighting off the Viet Cong 与越共作战
They’re still there, he’s all gone 他们还在那里，而他已经逝去
He had a woman he loved in Saigon 他在西贡有一个心爱的情人
I got a picture of him in her arms now 我有一张他们依偎在一起的照片
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary 在感化院的庇荫下
Out by the gas fires of the refinery 被冶炼厂的大火包围
I’m ten years burning down the road 我已经在路上游荡了十年
Nowhere to run ain’t got nowhere to go 无处可去也无家可归
Born in the USA 我出生在美国
I was born in the USA 我出生在美国
Born in the USA 出生在美国
I’m a long gone Daddy in the USA 我是一个游荡的美国老爹
Born in the USA 出生在美国
I’m a cool rocking Daddy in the USA now 我现在只是一个酷酷的摇滚老爹