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