They've Only Themselves To Blame Lyrics - Gilbert Osullivan

I'm afraid that from today our meeting 

Must be temporarily postponed 

It seems our parents followed us one evening 

Caught us walking one another home 

Now I have been confined till further notice 

Told I should be thoroughly ashamed 

And for all the good that it will do me 

They've only themselves to blame 

I don't understand a word they're saying 

Telling me it's for our own good 

Do they think that we're just children playing 

How can we be so misunderstood 

I am a man the same as any other 

Younger though I may be in my years 

Tell me I'm a child who should know better 

And you won't see me holding back the tears 

Can't they get it through their heads I love you 

Must I try so hard to explain 

If we're reported missing in the morning 

Then they're only themselves to blame 

They've only themselves to blame