They 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 gonna give you a smirk
'Cause they got methods of keeping you clean

They gonna rip off your heads
Your aspirations to shreds
Another cog in the murder machine

They said, oh
Teenagers scare the living [bad word] out of me
They couldn't 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, oh
Teenagers scare the living [bad word] out of me
They couldn't 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 yeah

They said, oh
Teenagers scare the living [bad word] out of me
They couldn't 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 couldn't 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

Teenagers scare the living [bad word] out of me
They couldn't 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