Born Dumb in the USA
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Verse 1
Born dumb in Corn Pop’s town,
first kickback he took was a Ukraine shake down,
end up like a creep that sniffs hair too much
‘til you lie your whole life just coverin’ up, now…
Chorus
Born in the USA
Joe was born dumb in the USA
Joe was born dumb in the USA
Born in the USA…
Verse 2
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 Taliban…
Chorus
Born in the USA
Joe was born dumb in the USA
Joe was born dumb in the USA
Born in the USA…
Verse 3
Back home in the laptop “conspiracy”
the Big Guy said “Son, if it was up to me”,
Joe went down to see the DA man,
he said “Hunter’s got your 10% in his hand” now…
Verse 4
I had a brother in Kabul
fightin’ off the Taliban for a fool,
he’s all gone and they still rule,
Joe risked his life and left him stuck
in his Afghanistan clusterfu-ck…
Verse 4
In the shadows of Joe’s dumbfu-ckery
out by the gunfire of the enemy,
13 servicemen blown up down the road,
nowhere to run, ain’t got nowhere to go…
Chorus
Born in the USA
Joe was born dumb in the USA
Joe was born dumb in the USA
Born in the USA,
he’s a dumbfu-ckin’ daddy in the USA!
Written: August 2021
My take on the Springsteen
anthem. An anti-war song
and now an anti-idiot song.
Dedicated to Crooked Joe.
Copyright © Keith D Trestrail | Year Posted 2022
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