Born
in the
1. Born down in a dead man`s town,
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the first kick I took when I hit the ground,
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you end up like a dog that`s been beat too
much,
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till you spend half your life just covering
up now.
Born in the
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I was born in the
2. Got in a little hometown jam, so they put a
rifle in my hand.
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Sent me off to the foreign land, to go and
kill the yellow man.
3. Come back home to the refinery,
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hiring man says, “Son if it was up to me.“
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Went down to see my V.A. man, he said,
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“Son, don`t you understand ? “Now.
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I had a brother at Khe San, fighting off the Vietcong.
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They`re still there, he`s all gone.
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He had a woman he loved in
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I got a picture of him in her arms now. + CHORUS
4. Down in the shadow of the penitentiary,
out-by-the
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gas fires of the refinery, I`m ten years burning down the road,
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nowhere to run, ain`t nowhere to go.
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Born in the
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Born in the
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Born in the
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