Oh mama if you could see me right now
A cheap hotel a long way from my home
A lonely grave on the outskirts of town
So many people make you feel so lone
The only way for an angry young man
You keep your mouth shut and you do what you're told
Mama you never could understand
I had to live like I please or die tryin'
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
It's a place to grow up and a place to grow old
Hearts grow cold in the city heat
Kind of closes in on you after a while
Just like a ghost I come out of the night
Mama you never could understand
Mama if you could see me right now
And I ain't never been the patient kind
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
I told mama the day that I ran
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
It's three in the morning, no one around
At a filling station with a gun in my hand
Mama if you could see me right now
And mama if you could see me right now
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
Mama you never could understand
But I'll be gone before the morning light
This ain't no place for an angry young man
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Dreams die easy out here in these streets
This ain't no place for an angry young man
What looked like the world through the eyes of a child
Tonight they're starin' me right in the face
Mama you never could understand
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
I got a lot of memories tied up in this place
Mama I hope that you understand
