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