XTC - The World Is Full Of Angry Young Men -

Single version,
Produced by XTC.
Original tracks recorded at The Manor, Oxfordshire, England, in November 1982 during sessions for Mummer.
Engineered by Steve Nye.
Released in August 1989 on the B-side of the The Loving 12" single in the U.K.
Also available on Rag & Bone Buffet.
Pete Phipps - Drums

“We started working on this during Mummer but ran out of time so it became a b-side.” Andy Partridge

Lyrics

Gone are the days
When hate filled my heart
I feel now I am a happy man
I laugh now at values that I had
All through my youth
I was shouting and no one would hear
Blind to the ways
Of the people who now I hold dear
It's loud and clear

The world is full of angry young men
Chip on the shoulder,
An ideal in their head
The world is full of angry young men
Who think life owes them something
But you only get out what goes in

There was a time
When I fought the world
I see now
It was just an act to stage
I see clear
The colours through the haze

As time goes on
Your opinion will change like the weather
Things that you said
Now seem small
They just don't seem to matter
I look for the better

The world is full of angry young men
Chip on the shoulder,
And an ideal in their head
The world is full of angry young men
Who think life owes them something
But you only get out what goes in

There was a time I was lost in the dark
I ran a race I didn't know where to start
Now I've changed my ways
Seeing better days
I'm turning my world upside down

The world is full of angry young men
Chip on the shoulder
And an ideal in their head
The world is full of angry young men
Who think life owes them something
But you only get out what goes in

Angry young men
What you put in is what you get out