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In my hometown, I think the kids are still growin' up in the same way, still fightin' in the same streets, drinkin' beer in the same pubs, talkin' the same language. I can't see it changin'. Today, everybody is scared, scared of growing up, but scared to death of kids, listenin' to them like they have something to say. When I was a teen-ager, if I tried to tell my old man what to do, he'd tell me to shut up or I'd see the backside of his hand. He'd say, 'When you're man enough to take me, then come around.' I'd wear big shoulder pads, a greatcoat and stick my chest out to try to look as old as I could. I'd take my girl friend out to a dance and look every boy straight in the eye and say 'If you touch her, I'll break your bones.' Then I'd take a cigarette out and light it up like a man. I don't see that happening today. Nobody wants to fight, not for his woman, not for his country. They all want the easy way.

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