The Anger Young Man by Billy Joel

"There's a place in the world for the angry young man with his working class ties and his radical plans," says author. "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." The song was written by Billy Joel as an anti-war protest against President George H.W. Bush; it has since become part of American culture.

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