Pollution - it's always around
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...