He doesn't talk much, But when he does he sayin' somethin'. (Run-run ditty, run-run ditty.) He lives in the slums, 'Cause his folks never had nothin' (Run-run ditty, run-run ditty.)
(He's a rebel without a cause.) (He doesn't do what everyone does.) (And he makes my heart go run-run ditty.) (Makes my heart go run-run ditty.) (Makes my heart go run-run ditty, boom-boom.)
I see him every day, Hangin' 'round the neighborhood. (Run-run ditty, run-run ditty.) They say stay away, don't talk to him, 'Cause he is no good. (Run-run ditty, run-run ditty.)
(He's a rebel without a cause.) (He doesn't do what everyone does.) (And he makes my heart go run-run ditty.) (Makes my heart go run-run ditty.) (Makes my heart go run-run ditty, boom-boom.)
(How did he ever get in so much trouble?) (Sha-da da-da, sha da da-da da-da.) (Why do the papers always mention his name?) (Sha-da da-da, sha da da-da da-da.)
(He's a rebel without a cause.) (He doesn't do what everyone does.) (And he makes my heart go run-run ditty.) (Makes my heart go run-run ditty.) (Makes my heart go run-run ditty, boom-boom.)
Oh-ah, yes. (He makes my heart go run-run ditty.) Oh-ah, ye-eh-eh-es. (He makes my heart go run-run ditty.) Oh-ah, ye-eh-eh-es. (Makes my heart go run-run ditty, boom-boom.)
Oh-ah, yes. (He makes my heart go run-run ditty.) [Fade.] Oh-ah, ye-eh-eh-es. (He makes my heart go run-run ditty.) Oh-ah, ye-eh-eh-es. (Makes my heart go run-run ditty...)