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Intro

 My mother gave a mighty shout

Opened her legs and let me out

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Hungry as a prairie dog

Young man in America

Young man in America

 Hungry, hungry, running every which way

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Young man in Americ-kay

 I come out like a cannonball

Come of age of alcohol

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Raven in a field of rye

With a black and roving eye

Black and roving eye

 Ravenous, ravenous, what you've got is not enough

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Young man in America

Oh shelter

 Mother shelter

 Mother shelter us

Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh

 My father was a lord of land

My daddy was a repo man

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He put me out into the street

He didn't give a damn for me

Did not give a damn

 Daddy, daddy, gonna wish you never had me

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I'm a young man

 I'm growing right before your eyes

 I might grow to such a size

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Blowing like a hurricane

Everyone will know my name

Everyone'll know my name

 Blowing in, blowing out,

 Shadow on a mountaintop

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Young man in America

Oh shepherd

 Father shepherd

 Father shepherd us

Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh

In my feathers and furs

Clothes of many colours

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Many men will envy me

When I'm in my finery

Me and my finery

 Envy me, envy me, spending all of my bright money

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Young man in Americ-kay

Maybe I'll climb the stairs

With the girl with golden hair

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Hold her like a sword and shield

Up against this lonely world

Up against the world

 It's a lonely, lonely world

For a yellow-headed girl

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And a young man

Break

Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh

 Like the wind I make my moan

Howl in the canyon

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There's a hollow in my bones

 Make me cry and carry on

 Make the foam fly from my tongue

Make me want what I want

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Another wayward son

 Waiting on oblivion

 Waiting for a kingdom come to meet me in my sin

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Waiting to be born again

Mother kiss me cheek and chin

Mmm, a little nedicine

Mmm, I'm gonna shed my skin

 Mmm, and let me cli