Prelude/Angry Young Man Lyrics

There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working cla*s ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
He's always at home with his back to the wall.
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
And 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.
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door,
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

I believe I've pa*sed 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.

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

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


Submitted by Michael Hack

Billy Joel - 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert

May 2000

1. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
2. Big Shot (Live)
3. Movin' Out (Live)
4. Summer Highland Falls (Live)
5. The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (Live)
6. Don't Ask Me Why (Live)
7. New York State Of Mind (Live)
8. I've Loved These Days (Live)
9. My Life (Live)
10. Allentown (Live)
11. Prelude/Angry Young Man (Live)
12. Only The Good Die Young (Live)
13. I Go To Extremes (Live)
14. Goodnight Saigon (Live)
15. We Didn't Start The Fire (Live)
16. Big Man On Mulberry Street (Live)
17. 2000 Years
18. Auld Lang Syne
19. River Of Dreams
20. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (Live)
21. Dance To The Music
22. Honky Tonk Women
23. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me (Live)
24. You May Be Right (Live)
25. This Night (Live)