I'm a rock and roll vagabond   I'm a streetwise runaway   Sixteen when I left home   And I don't regret it a single day   I'm a sucker for a loud guitar   Got one tatooed on my chest   It's hot July   My mouth's too dry      You know I'll be screamin   Hard rock summer   Hard rock summer      ...   ...   Hard rock summer in the USA      Hard rock summer in the USA      Got a job   It was so damn hard   Just workin' for the man   All year long I saved my pay   And I stashed it in a rusty can   ...   And blew my head   Then he blew me out of town   I parked my van at the L.A. sand   California screamin'   Hard rock summer   Hard rock summer      Rock all night   Gonna blow this town   Til morning light   Going round and round   Hard rock summer in the USA