Angry Young Man

ANGRY YOUNG MAN    BILLY JOEL

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There's a place in the world 

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for the an-gry young man 

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With his work-ing class ties 

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and his rad-i-cal plans 

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He re-fuses to bend, he re-fus-es to crawl 

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And he's al-ways at home 

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with his back to the wall. 

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And He's proud of the scars and 

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the bat-tles he's lost 

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and He strug-gles and bleeds 

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as he hangs on his cross 

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And he likes to be known 

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as the an-gry young man. 


Verse 2 same as 1
Give a moment or two to the angry young man 
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand 
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood 
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good 
He sits in a room with a lock on the door 
With his maps and his medals laid out of the floor 
And he likes to be known as the angry young man. 


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I be-lieve I've passed the age of 

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Con-scious-ness and right-eous rage, 

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I found that just sur-viv-ing 

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was a  no-ble fight 

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I once be-lieved in cau-ses too, 

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had my point-less point of view and

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Life went on no mat-ter who was wrong or right 


VERSE 3 samea s 1
And there's always a place for the angry young man 
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand 
He's never been able to learn from mistakes 
He can't understand why his heart always breaks 
His honor is pure, and his courage as well 
He's fair and he's true, and he's boring as hell 
And he'll go to his grave as an angry old man. 

(Repeat 1st Verse)

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