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Described by it's author as an 'outsider's song,' Burn out Young has 'elements of adolescent rebellion and an ironic 'holier than thou contempt for "criminal friends" who sold out and learned how to "live within the law"' (p. 65)
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The song was performed live by Mitchell's band Captains of Industry between 1983 and 1985. It first appears in recorded form on Mitchell's 1986 solo album Ghost Around the Town.
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