my mother gave a mighty shout opened her legs and let me out hungry as a prairie dog young man in america young man in america hungry hungry runnin every which way young man in america i come out like a cannonball come of age with alcohol raven in a field of rye with a black and rovin eye black and rovin eye ravenous ravenous what you got it s not enough young man in america oh shelter mother shelter mother shelter us ooh my father was a lord of land my daddy was a repo man put me out onto the street didn t give a damn for me did not give a damn daddy daddy gonna wish you never had me i m a young man i m growin right before your eyes i might grow to such a size blow in like a hurricane everyone ll know my name everyone ll know my name blowin in blowin up shadow on the mountaintop young man in america oh shepherd father shepherd father shepherd us ooh in my feathers and furs clothes of many colors many men will envy me when i m in my finery me in my finery envy me envy me spendin all my bright money young man in america maybe i ll climb the stairs with a girl of golden hair 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 and a young man like the wind i make my moan i howl in the canyon there s a hollow in my bones makin me cry and carry on make the foam fly from my tongue make me want what i want another wayward son waitin on oblivion waitin on the kingdom come to meet me in my sin waitin to be born again mother kiss me cheek and chin mmm a little medicine mmm and i shed my skin mmm and lemme climb back in the bed you made me in
['indie folk']