Lyric discussion by elwyn5150 

It's surprising that noone has commented on this song so far.

I don't relate to this song personally, however, Springsteen does a great job of capturing the turmoil of his own relationship with his father.

The title of the song is also fabulously misleading. I was expecting an all-American tune about history but instead, we get a very personally historic song.

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