You see young Johnny on the street
Think he's innocent as can be
But don't let yourself be decieved
CAUSE HE'S A CRIMINAL

Because you gotta take it from me
If they're under 23
Then the only possibility
IS THEY'RE A CRIMINAL

All young people are criminals
With their mari-juh-juanas and their punk rock songs
Yeah all young people are criminals
So control them before they control us.

They're dangerous to our way of life
From which our prosperity is derived
Yeah they're gonna cause us nothing but strife
BECAUSE THEY'RE CRIMINALS

So throw them all into the machine
With your help we can make them all clean
Because their refusal to fit in means
THAT THEY ARE CRIMINALS

All young people are criminals
With their mari-juh-juanas and their punk rock songs
Yeah all young people are criminals
So control them before they control us.

Teenager wearing black?
Criminal
No matter how you try do they bounce right back?
Criminal
If they even hesitate
Criminal
So mothers and fathers do not sit and wait.
Your kids a criminal.

Because if we start to allow
What they are doing here and now
Panic and chaos they will endow
BECAUSE THEY'RE CRIMINALS

So lock them up and give them drugs
To break through the apathetic shrugs
They're all liars, thieves and thugs.
BECAUSE THEY'RE CRIMINALS

All young people are criminals
With their mari-juh-juanas and their punk rock songs
Yeah all young people are criminals
So control them before they control us.

All young people are criminals
With their mari-juh-juanas and their punk rock songs
Yeah all young people are criminals
So control them before they control us.