Pet Shop Boys

Released: September 27, 1993

Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant

Producer: Pet Shop Boys

[Verse 1]
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, crash on the way
Watch your reaction, wait 'til you say
You'll get what you want
It hurts if you can't

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
Young offender, what's your defence?
You're younger than me, obviously
When I get in your way, or open your eyes?
Who will give whom the bigger surprise?

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
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

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo comprised of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Formed in London in 1981, they’ve released fourteen LPs–in addition to a myriad of theatrical, film, and ballet scores–and have charted forty-two UK Top 30 singles, four of them making it to number 1.

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