Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
So much time spent in so little space
What looked like the world through the eyes of a child
Kind of closes in on you after awhile
It's a place to grow up and a place to grow old
You keep your mouth shut and you do what you're told
I told mama the day that I ran
Mama if you could see me right now
This ain't no place for an angry young man
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand

There ain't no peace for an angry young man
A cheap hotel a long way from my home
So many people make you feel so alone

Dreams die easy out here in these streets
And hearts grow cold in the city heat
I ain't never been the patient kind
The only way for an angry young man
At a filling station with a gun in my hand

I got to live like I please or die tryin'
A lonely grave on the outskirts of town
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
It's three in the morning, ain't no one around
Tonight they're starin' me right in the face
Just like a ghost I come out of the night
But I'll be gone before the morning light
Mama I hope that you understand

This ain't no place for an angry young man

*** Complimentary Angry Young Man Ringtone ***

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