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.      Well they said goodbye to their families   Said goodbye to their friends   With the pipe dreams in their heads   And very little money in their hands      Some are black and some are white   And ain't to proud to sleep on your floor tonight   With blind faith of Jesus you know that they just might   Rockin' in the U.S.A, hey      Voices from nowhere   And voices from the larger town   Filled our head full of dreams   And turned our world upside down      There was Frankie Lyman, Bobby Fuller, Mitch Ryder   (They were rockin')   Jackie Wilson-Shangra-Las-Young Rascals   (They were rockin')   Spotlight on Martha Reeves   Let's don't forget James Brown   Rockin' in the U.S.A., hey      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.   ...