You want to grow up too fast It's a race to see who is left last From lemons to liquor to loving each figure You're constantly wired up the wrong way You'll be dead in a year if I wait one more day You're a rebel without a cause Your mother thinks you're innocent But you've raised a pack of drifting delinquents You're a rebel without a cause Your mother thinks you're innocent Say it's just some fun Not how I describe house party number one Your fan club arrived at quarter to eight Grin on each face no one was late A lady upstairs with a duvet a pillow Save it 'till the end for a cry and wallow The bowles where empty the beds where emptier Our slates where wiped clean We had booked our tickets on a long adventure Midnight walk through the city I was being a drifter You're a rebel without a cause Your mother thinks you're innocent But you've raised a pack of drifting delinquents You're a rebel without a cause Your mother thinks you're innocent Say it's just some fun Not how I describe house party number one A mother came upstairs guilt in her mind "Babe I've come to check and to see what I'll find" Take my money and not my time Surely there's something you can buy It smells quite sweet, not the candyfloss kind Honey please say what's going on in you mind I've tried to buy addresses Please just get the message You're a rebel without a cause Your mother thinks you're innocent But you've raised a pack of drifting delinquents You're a rebel without a cause Your mother thinks you're innocent Say it's just some fun Not how I describe house party number one