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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pet Shop Boys
Performer
Chris Lowe
Keyboards
Neil Tennant
Vocals
Carol Kenyon
Additional Vocals
Katie Kissoon
Additional Vocals
Tessa Niles
Additional Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chris Lowe
Songwriter
Neil Tennant
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stephen Hague
Mixing Engineer
Bob Kraushaar
Recording Engineer
Pete Gleadall
Engineer
Mike 'Spike' Drake
Mixing Engineer
Tim Young
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
You may be broke now and you may be bored
Call you delinquent or leave you ignored
You'll get what you want
Drive to distraction and crash on the way
Watch your reaction, wait 'til you say
You'll get what you want
It hurts if you can't
Young offender
What's your defence?
You're younger than me, obviously
Young offender
Why the pretence?
You don't agree, I know, I know
I'll do what you want if you want me enough
I'll put down my book and start falling in love
Or isn't that done?
How graceful your movements, how bitter your scorn
I've been a teenager since before you were born
And I'm younger than some
I've only begun
Young offender
What's your defence?
You're younger than me, obviously
Will I get in your way
Or open your eyes?
Who will give whom
The bigger surprise?
Is that fire in your eyes or the glow of machines?
Watch how your fingers burn over the keys
So sure what you do
I haven't a clue
Young offender
What's your defence?
You're younger than me, obviously
Young offender, how you resent
The lovers you need
It hurts when they bleed
Young offender
Why the pretence?
You don't agree, I know, I know
Writer(s): Neil Tennant
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