Angry Young Man Lyrics - Singles - Steve Earle

I 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 a while 

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 

This ain't no place for an angry young man 

Oh mama if you could see me right now 

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 lone 

Dreams die easy out here in these streets 

Hearts grow cold in the city heat 

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And I ain't never been the patient kind 

I had to live like I please or die tryin' 

At a filling station with a gun in my hand 

The only way for an angry young man 

And mama if you could see me right now 

You'd be so sure you failed me somehow 

Mama you never could understand 

There ain't no peace for an angry young man 

I got a lot of memories tied up in this place 

Tonight they're starin' me right in the face 

A lonely grave on the outskirts of town 

It's three in the morning, no one around 

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 

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Mama if you could see me right now 

You'd be so sure you failed me somehow 

Mama you never could understand 

There ain't no peace for an angry young man 

Mama if you could see me right now 

You'd be so sure you failed me somehow 

Mama you never could understand 

There ain't no peace for an angry young man 

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