while the people stood around and stared we were racing past the walls outside the bars of innocence where we could steal it all while the people stood around and stared we were racing past the walls outside the bars of innocence where we could steal it all sixteen was the sound of smashing glass just for kicks and running from the car alarms down yates and douglas strip break the circle babies chase them underground suburban rage rose above the boredom of this town and all we want tonight is to fall in love neath the midnight sky when the morning bell starts ringing like razors in your head teacher she don t understand all the lies that she s been fed there s a current that is burning and begging to be free downtown where the action is gimme something to believe out of your control teenage kicks and some rock n roll break the circle babies smash the underground don t we all just want some friends around dropout and get turned on there s a current that is burning and begging to be free downtown where the action is gimme something to believe out of your control teenage wars and some rock n roll