They’re gonna clean up your looks 
With all the lies in the books 
To make a citizen out of you 
Because they sleep with a gun
And keep an eye on you, son
So they can watch all the things you do 

Because the [bad word] never work 
They’re gonna give you a smirk 
‘Cause they got methods to keep you clean 
They’re gonna rip up your heads 
Your aspirations to shreds 
Another cog in the murder machine 

They said all teenagers scare 
The living [bad word] out of me 
They could care less 
As long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes
or strike a violent pose
Maybe they’ll leave you alone, but not me 

The boys and girls in the clique 
The awful names that they stick 
You’re never gonna fit in much, kid 
But if you’re troubled and hurt 
What you got under your shirt 
Will make them pay for the things that they did 

They said all teenagers scare 
The living [bad word] out of me 
They could care less 
As long as someone'll bleed

So darken your clothes
Or strike a violent pose
Maybe they’ll leave you alone, but not me 

Ohhh yeah!

They said all teenagers scare 
The living [bad word] out of me 
They could care less 
As long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes
Or strike a violent pose
Maybe they’ll leave you alone, but not me 

All together now!

Teenagers scare 
The living [bad word] out of me 
They could care less 
As long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes
Or strike a violent pose
Maybe they’ll leave you alone, but not me 

Oh, Teenagers scare 
The living [bad word] out of me 
They could care less 
As long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes
Or strike a violent pose
Maybe they’ll leave you alone, but not me