Ronald Reagan rocked out Born in the USA during his campaign events.
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up 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. Got in a little hometown jam so they put a rifle in my hand Sent 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. I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. Come back home 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" Had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong 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 penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A. 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.Born down in a dead man's town
For sophomore English, my younger sister and I had the same teacher. One project the teacher had us do was to take a song about a social issue, and explore the issue through the focus of the song and then present our research. I used Mrs. McGrath to talk about war, which wasn't super exciting. My sister did Born in the USA (I just realized we both did Springsteen songs). I wasn't heavily involved in her research, but I remember her talking about how most people in the US it seemed completely misunderstood the song, but that abroad, it was well received for it's real message. It completely blew my sister's mind that Reagan used it.