Livin’ in the U.S.A

I guess that's the price we pay
Livin in the U.S.A
I guess that's the price we pay
Livin in the U.S.A

[Verse 1]
Watch this drop of water fall
Into my water glass
Then watch the ripples dying out
And they are gone at last

Watch us place a child into this world
And watch us call him dumb
Then watch Incentive dying out
'Till he's completely numb

[Pre-Chorus]
Where have the ripples gone?
What happened to new thought?
I guess that's the price we pay for

[Chorus]
Livin' in the U.S.A
I guess that's the price wе pay
Livin' in the U.S.A
I guess that's the pricе we pay

[Verse 2]
Books wants to tell what to do
And clocks to tell us when
Forever worshipping pretty girls
But we turn our boys to men

"Got television set last week
Got cordless telephone
Got stuff to make my life worthwhile
And all I need I own"

[Pre-Chorus]
And each day we tell that lie
We tell it to ourselves
And I guess that's the price we pay for

[Chorus]
Livin' in the U.S.A
I guess that's the price we pay
Livin' in the U.S.A
I guess that's the price we pay

(Livin' in the U.S.A.)
(Livin' in the U.S.A.)
(Livin' in the U.S.A.)
(Livin' in the U.S.A.)

[Pre-Chorus]
Is youth all diluted by
The waters of quick success?
And I guess that's the price we pay for

[Chorus]
Livin' in the U.S.A. (Oh oh oh)
I guess that's the price we pay (For livin' in the U.S.A.)
Livin' in the U.S.A
I guess that's the price we pay (Hey we are livin')

Livin' in the U.S.A. (we are livin', we are livin' in the U.S.A)
I guess that's the price we pay (Oh yeah, it's alright)
Livin' in the U.S.A
I guess that's the price we pay (We are livin' in the U.S.A)

Livin' in the U.S.A
I guess that's the price we pay