Well I lived on the outskirts of town In an eight room farmhouse, baby When my brothers and friends were around There was always somethin’ doin’ Had me a couple of real nice girlfriends Stopped by to see me every once in a while When I think back about those days All I can do…
 
They come from the cities And they come from the smaller towns Beat up cars with guitars and drummers Goin crack boom bam R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A., Yeah, Yeah! Rockin’ in the U.S.A. Said goodbye to their families Said goodbye to their friends With pipe dreams in…
 
She calls me up and says baby it’s a lonely ol’ night I don’t know I’m just so scared and lonely all at the same time Nobody told us it was gonna work out this way no, no, no, no, no I guess they knew we’d work it out in our own way It’s a…
 
Well i was born in a small town And i live in a small town Prob’ly die in a small town Oh, those small communities All my friends are so small town My parents live in the same small town My job is so small town Provides little opportunity Educated in a small town Taught…
 
There’s a black man with a black cat livin’ in a blackneighborhood He’s got an interstate runnin’ through his front yard You know he thinks that he’s got it so good And there’s a woman in the kitchen cleanin’ up the evenin’ slop And he looks at her and says, “hey darlin’, i can remember…