Born in the USA

“Born in the USA” sounds glorious. However Springsteen’s interpretation is that it is not all it is cracked up to be. The line in the song that shows this is “Went down to see my V.A man. He said son, don’t you understand”. That shows that even after serving his country there are no jobs any where for any one. Then the line “Born in the USA” is said after that but in sarcasms saying that it is not so great. Then during the war there was a draft. Tough he was not drafted he had to serve "So they put a rifle in my hand Either that or go to jail.