He was born on a Sunday In a one room rent His daddy left on Monday Didn't leave them a cent So the mother blamed the child For messin' up her plans And now he's growing up An angry young man He got an education From out on the street He despised the wealth And those who were weak Cause he was thrown into a world That he didn't understand So he became known as An angry young man He never made friends with anybody Couldn't get through inferiority barriers So most of the time now he spent drinking Now he met a girl named Sally Lincoln - marry her So the night turned into morning as skies turned blue Now he can see the sunshine Happiness was shining through And it was so strange how it happened But she gave him her hand Together they both married An angry young man