Вступление
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Oh, 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 don't pay to be free in Little Italy, his son's the leader of the gang
[Chorus]
Restless youth, restless youth
Restless youth, restless youth
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Restless youth, restless youth
Restless youth, restless youth
Restless youth, restless youth
Oh, yes cause I've been a restless youth
[Verse 3]
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 second"
[Chorus]
Restless youth, restless youth
What do you know, I'm the original Restless Youth
Restless youth, restless youth
I've been on the phone to my Restless Youth
[Verse 4]
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."
[Chorus]
Restless youth, restless youth
Restless youth, restless youth
Restless youth, restless youth
Go by the rules if you are, oh, a Restless Youth
[Verse 5]
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
[Chorus]
Restless youth, restless youth
Restless youth, I just know he's a restless youth
Restless youth, restless youth
You're gonna lose cause you know you're a Restless Youth...