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
  
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  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.
  
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  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"
  
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  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."
  
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  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
  
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