Welcome back!

I sincerely hope that you have had a great break with lots of snow, presents and candy (I konw I have!). Today we will start off with a listening exercise of a classic song from 1984, Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA"

BORN IN THE U.S.A. (Tracks version)

Born down in a dead ………………………. town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ……………………
You end up like a ……………………………that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

CHORUS

Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

I got in a little ……………………….jam
And so they put a ……………………in my hands
Sent me off to ………………………………
To go and kill the yellow man

CHORUS

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring …………………….says "Son if it was up to me"
I go down to see the V.A. man
He said "Son don't you …………………………"

CHORUS

I had a buddy at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the ……………………….
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a little girl in ……………………..
I got a ………………………of him in her arms

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas ………………….of the refinery
I'm ten years down the road
Nowhere to run ………………… got nowhere to go

I'm a long gone …………………..in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a ………………………….rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.