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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Steve Earle
Guitar
The Dukes
Performer
"Bucky" Baxter
Steel Guitar
Harry Stinson
Background Vocals
Ken Moore
Keyboards
Reno Kling
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Steve Earle
Composer
John Porter McMeans
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Richard Bennett
Producer
Tony Brown
Producer
Emory Gordy Jr.
Producer
Chuck Ainlay
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
So much time spent in so little space
What looked like the world through the eyes of a child
Kind of closes in on you after awhile
It's a place to grow up and a place to grow old
You keep your mouth shut and you do what you're told
I told mama the day that I ran
This ain't no place for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
A cheap hotel a long way from my home
So many people make you feel so alone
Dreams die easy out here in these streets
And hearts grow cold in the city heat
I ain't never been the patient kind
I got to live like I please or die trying
At a filling station with a gun in my hand
The only way for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
Tonight they're staring me right in the face
A lonely grave on the outskirts of town
It's three in the morning, ain't no one around
Just like a ghost I come out of the night
But I'll be gone before the morning light
Mama I hope that you understand
This ain't no place for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
Writer(s): Steve Earle, John Porter Mcmeans
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