It's the American in me that makes me watch the blood Running out of the bullet hole in his head It's the American in me that makes me watch TV See on the news, listen what the man said He said: "Ask not what you can do for your country What's your country been doing to you? Ask not what you can do for your country What's your country been doing to your mind?" It's the American in me that makes me says it an honor to die In a war that's just a politicians lie It's the American in me that makes me watch TV See how they burn the SLA They say: "Ask not what you can do for your country What's your country been doing to you? Ask not what you can do for your country What's your country been doing to you?" In the USA! In the USA! In the USA! It's the American in me that makes me watch the blood Running out of the bullet hole in his head It's the American in me that never wonders why Kennedy was murdered by the FBI Said! "Ask not what you can do for your country What's your country been doing to you? Ask not what you can do for your country What's your country been doing to you?"