Ball of fire in the sky the sound of solid steel A flash of lightning sounds so frightening when the power's all you feel From the leather of the fifties Murray the K and Alan Freed Monroe and James Dean died for the silver screen Elvis made them bleed Born in America oh yeah born in America oh oh You wanna see a movie star oh Hollywood or D.C. Politicians greed money's all you need the power's guaranteed Vegas got the casinos and Texas oil wells Got your Boston beans got your Frisco queens anything that sells Born in America yeah born in America land of the free yeah Come on rock the stages come on Born in America oh yeah ah born in America whoa Motor city motown chile dogs and baseball blue jeans and coca cola rock'n'roll All born in America heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh