Sometimes up, sometimes down
 When I wake up in the morning
 No one tells me what to do
 One of these days I'm gonna tell them just exactly what I wanna do
 You're livin' in the USA
 Take another breath of that toxic waste
 Livin' in the USA - tryin' not to suck too much detergent
 Everytime you go to the store
 You read the directions what a bore
 Don't think I'm gonna live too long
 Just as long as I can sing my song
 You won't find it, you won't find
 You're gonna try but you just want do it
 You won't find, you won't find it
 We're all gonna die in the same rat trap
 You're livin' in the USA...
 I'm standin on the top of the Empire State Building
 Looking down on the scene
 Things are lookin' cloudy, boy
 Wondering where to read the masses
 But not to wait
 This is your country, man
 Hey let's all watch it decay in a dance ritual
 Yeah you can see ut i the air
 Cuz you're dyin' in the USA - everybody knows it you just can't stop it
 You're dyin' in the USA - take another breath it may be your last
 Dyin' in the USA - walkin' in the street there's too much fear
 Dyin' in the USA - the living will be the dead
 We'll be on our way dying in the USA