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Young Offender

New Order

1993
32
Live performances
1
Recording
15
Release appearances
2
Covered by

Credits

Written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner & Stephen Hague.

Lyrics

Pictures of an image of a person who could not be blamed
You are a colour and you are a number
We need a sanction to see one another
If I keep my distance in the season of this slender hell
It's because of the need to live off one another
Go home young offender and stay undercover
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Pictures of an image of a person who could not be blamed
You are a colour and you are a number
We need a sanction to see one another
If I keep my distance in the season of this slender hell
It's because of the need to live off one another
Go home young offender and stay undercover

We're busy running out of time
(Whatever it takes, I will make you mine)
I'll take the future from your hands
(All the things I've ever had, I can make the perfect crime)

We're strong, we do our thing
Let the world cry, watch the birds sing
Give me the freedom, I need to recover
Words cannot heal, when a line is your lover

Wind howls in my chamber like an angel
(like an angel)
You are a colour and you are a number
Go home young offender and stay undercover

Versions & Mixes

Recordings, remixes and alternate mixes of this composition.

  • Album version 4:48
  • Original Version 4:59
  • Original Version 7:01

Release Appearances

15 known appearances

Republic

Republic

1993

Live History

32
Total performances
First known performance
26 Sep 2018
The Grand, Clitheroe
Last known performance
12 Nov 2019
Variety Playhouse, Atlanta

Recent performances

Showing 20 of 32 total

Covered By (2)

DJ Buzz Martin O

Sources

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