Restless Youth Lyrics
(Ian Hunter)
He's much the same as anyone - He don't do what he's told
He got hostile on his school report - and he leaves his mother cold
His father owned a bakery - one day they found him hanged
It ain't good to be free in Little Italy - his son's the leader of the gang
CHORUS
RESTLESS YOUTH - RESTLESS YOUTH
RESTLESS YOUTH - RESTLESS YOUTH
He soon found out he could not work - the money was no good
This child of the city hit the welfare kitty - did some runnin' for the hoods
And the logic of the street was such - that everything was bent
There's a lot of white collars - stealing government dollars - wouldn't notice
such a little percent.
CHORUS
Now I went to his graduation - in some Brooklyn overnight jail
He said he was a member of the rock'n roll nation - but his face was drawn 'n pale
They gave him a suspended sentence - 'n he got straight on the phone
Called a big, big, man with a Miami tan 'n said
"Hi I'm Al Capone - the 2nd Restless Youth"
CHORUS
Now his first hit came at seventeen - his second was his last
Some dealer ran screaming from the scene - as the bullets whistled past
'N the cop that killed him shook his head 'n said "I swear the truth
When I know it was some old, old man 'n not a restless youth."
CHORUS
Now the moral of this story is that all he saw was greed
Legal, illegalities 'n all them politician thieves
Good people of the U.S.A. if you want your kids to grow
Then check your harvest carefully - Don't reap; before you sow
CHORUS
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Ian Hunter Songs (155) List All
(Miss) Silver Dime
23A, Swan Hill
3,000 Miles From Here
All American Alien Boy
All Of The Good Ones Are Taken
American Music
American Spy
Another Fine Mess
Apathy 83
Bastard
Beg a Little Love
Best Of You
Big Time
Boy
Broadway
Captain Void 'n' The Video Jets
Central Park n' West
China
Cleveland Rocks
Cool
Dancing On The Moon
Dead Man Walkin' (Eastenders)
Death 'n' Glory Boys
Death of a Nation
Detroit (Out-take 5 - vocal)
Easy Money
Every Step Of The Way
Everyone's A Fool
Everything
Fade to Black
Fake Plastic Trees
Far Away
Following In Your Footsteps
Fun
Ghost of You
God (Take 1)
Golden Opportunity
Good Girls
Good Samaritan
Growing Old With Rock 'n' Roll
Gun Control
High School Never Ends
Holiday
How Could This Happen to Me
How Much More Can I Take
I Ain't No Angel
I Believe In You
I Caught Fire
I Get So Excited
I Hate Dancin'
I Need Your Love
Indescribable
Invisible Strings
Irene Wilde
It Ain't Easy When You Fall
Junkee Love
Just Another Night
Just So You Know
Just When I Needed You Most
Justice of the Peace
Keep On Burning
Knees of my Heart
Leave Me Alone
Letter To Britannia From The Union Jack
Life After Death
Lisa Likes Rock n' Roll
Listen To The Eight Track
Livin' in a heart
Lounge Lizard
Lowdown Freedom
Mama Africa
Man O'War
Man O'war
Man Overboard
Michael Picasso
Morons
My Immortal
My Revolution
Na Na Na
Never Trust A Blonde
No One
No Surprises
Noises
Now Is The Time
Old Records Never Die
On My Way To Georgia
Once Bitten Twice Shy
Only The Good Die Young
Open My Eyes
Overnight Angels
Pain
Psycho Girl
Purgatory
Rain
Rape
Rape Me
Red Letter Day
Restless Youth
Resurrection Mary
Ripoff
Sanctuary
Scars
Seeing Double
Send Me on My Way
Shades Off (spoken)
Shallow Crystals
Ships
Shut Me Up
Silent Movie
Silver Needles
Skeletons (In Your Closet)
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Soap and Water
Somethin's Goin' On
Something To Believe In
Sons And Daughters
Sons N' Lovers
Speechless
Stairway to heaven
Standin' In My Light
Still Love Rock n Roll
Still The Same
Stricken
Sweet Dreamer
Tell It Like It Is
That Girl Is Rock 'n' Roll
The Artful Dodger
The Ballad of Little Star
The Best Thing
The Blower's Daughter
The Feel Good Drag
The Loner
The Other Man
The Outsider
The Scientist
The Truth, The Whole Truth, Nuthin' But The Truth
Theatre Of The Absurd
To Love a Woman
Tonight
Too Much
Under Pressure
Venus In The Bathtub
Walk On Water
Wash Us Away
We Gotta Get Out Of Here
Welcome Home
When The Daylight Comes
Who Do You Love
Wild 'N Free
Wild East
Win It All
Women's Intuition
You Nearly Did Me In
You Stepped Into My Dreams
Your Guardian Angel
Ian Hunter Albums (13)
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