ANGRY YOUNG MAN

BILLY JOEL

music and lyrics by Billy Joel

There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl
He's always at home with his back to the wall
He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost
He struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross
And he likes to be known as the angry young man

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 metals layed out on the floor
And he likes to be known as the angry young man

I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage.
I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
I once believed in causes, too, I had my pointless point of view.
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right.

But 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 is well
He's fair and he's true but he's boring as hell
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.

There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl.
He's always at home with his back to the wall.
He's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost.
He struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross
And he likes to be known as the angry young man