Pet Shop Boys - Young Offender

"Young Offender"

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 'till you say
You'll get what you want
It hurts if you can't

Young offender, what's your defense?
You're younger than me, obviously
Young offender, why the pretense?
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 defense?
You're younger than me, obviously

When I get in your way, or open your eyes?
Who will give whom the bigger surprise?

Is there fire in your eyes, or the glow of machines?
Watch how your fingers thumb over the keys
So sure what you do
I haven't a clue

Young offender, what's your defense?
You're younger than me, obviously
Young offender, how you resent
The lovers you need, it hurts when they bleed
Young offender, why the pretense?
You don't agree, I know, I know

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pet
• Shop
• Boys
• PSB
• 80s
• 90s

[Pyrethryn]

Great version, this gets going pretty good

[redondoj]

thank you very much for your words. Greetings from Venezuela.

[mozalicious]

reminds me of my youth = (

[toncipri]

This best Tecnopop

[Gismo30419]

Ich durfte diese Tour 3x erleben !!!!

[gravelandgrain100]

@brchris69 -

Very and Behaviour are my favorite PSB albums. Could never decide between the two-both are unique. I still have an attachment to Please though. As it was the first album I ever bought from them-at an independent record store on vinyl, no less:)

[brchris69]

Ok PSB raving fans, I've been a fan of the band for years but I wanna know what you think of this. I consider Very one of my fav of all of their records. Do you agree? And this song is my all time fav PSB song.

[clasico2010]

THIS SONG IS TAGGED IN MY SOUL FOR SO MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE!!!

[eldarioche]

PESIMO Y HORRIBLE SONIDO.....

[signal22noise]

anyone noticed, this song is about getting old - or deciding not to despite of plain physics and also physique? the guys wrote that in their early forties. guess, their tone on that topic would be much more relaxed and even optimistic fifteen years later, i.e. now.

the clip is from the "Very" tour btw, stage by Zaha Hadid.

[signal22noise]

anyone noticed, this song is about getting old - or deciding not to despite of plain physics and also physique? the guys wrote that in their early forties. guess, their tone on that topic would be much more relaxed and even optimistic fifteen years later, i.e. now.

[cappaculla]

Pet Shop Boys performing a Jam & Spoon remix live, doesn't get better than that..

[Batalyx]

A very beautiful song and a very nice video.