NIGEL / (ENSEMBLE)
On a Friday night
I get out my punk rock outfit
And I'll wear a tie (Yes he wears his ties)
So the girls will talk about it
Tonight's the night I'm gonna score! (He's gonna score tonight woo)
When they see this gangster hit the floor
But my mum says "Oy you brat, no way. Are you going out like that?"
But Mum doesn't understand where fashion's at
I'm just a bit
Misunderstood
I'm just a bit
Misunderstood
'Cause when you're a spotty and pubescent
Teenage adolescent
Lost in childhood
You're misunderstood

Shave your upper lip

ADRIAN MOLE
Oh Nigel no

NIGEL / (ENSEMBLE)
And you've got to pop that pimple (Tragedy!)
And to look real hip
ADRIAN MOLE
What do I have to do?

NIGEL
Got to pout your sexy dimple

CLASSMATE
Come and get a whiff of my big [?]

ENSEMBLE
He needs deodorant!

PANDORA / (ENSEMBLE)
I hope I don't start my menstrual flow
Oh no! (No no no no no no no no)

ENSEMBLE
But my mum says "Oy you brat, no way. Are you going out like that?"
But Mum doesn't understand where fashion's at

ALL
We're just a bit
Misunderstood
We're just a bit
Misunderstood
'Cause when you're a spotty and pubescent
Teenage adolescent
Lost in childhood
You're doing the things you never should
'Cause you're misunderstood
NIGEL
Here, A.D., look what I've got

ADRIAN MOLE
Big and Bouncy

NIGEL
Yeah. It's all about biology and that

ADRIAN MOLE
I'm not interested in nudity. I read D.H. Lawrence

NIGEL
Well, I'm running it with Pandora, mate. In fact, I think I'm gonna [?]. Yeah. Girls love a bit of danger

ADRIAN MOLE
It's so hard looking cool
I'm the saddest kid in school
And I haven't got the moves
Nigel's brave
He's strong
Knows the words to every song
And he gets all the funky grooves
But I never dance
So I'll never get the chance
Yes, it's Nigel she will choose
ENSEMBLE
Nigel! Nigel! Nigel! Nigel!

ADRIAN MOLE
But no
A.D. don't be such a brat
You can and you will go out like that
And dance
Like the Colin [?]
Not like that that

ALL
We're just a bit
Misunderstood
We're just a bit
Misunderstood
'Cause when you're a spotty and pubescent
Teenage adolescent
Lost in childhood
You're doing the things you never should
'Cause you're misunderstood

ADRIAN MOLE
Hi, Pandora

PANDORA
Oh, hi, Adrian. Nice outfit

ADRIAN MOLE
Thanks

ENSEMBLE
You're just misunderstood

ADRIAN MOLE
You know your eyes look just like our dog's

PANDORA
What kind of dog?

ADRIAN MOLE
A mongrel

PANDORA
Oh

ADRIAN MOLE
I've been reading War and Peace

PANDORA
I read that by the pool in Greece

ADRIAN MOLE
'Cause I'm an intellectual
In case you didn't know

PANDORA
Oh

ADRIAN MOLE
So could I maybe dance with you

NIGEL
So long as I get my turn too

PANDORA
You'll both get a twirl

ENSEMBLE
Just look at that girl!

PANDORA
What's that in your hand

ENSEMBLE
What's that in his hand

PANDORA
Why do you have Big and Bouncy

ADRIAN MOLE
It's not mine

PANDORA
I don't understand

ENSEMBLE
She don't understand

PANDORA
Your behavior quite astounds me
This is so offensive and obscene
Disrespecting women

PANDORA / ENSEMBLE
You're 13

PANDORA
But you're still an adolescent boy

ENSEMBLE
He's an adolescent boy
A [?] little bugger and a perv

ADRIAN MOLE
No, you've misunderstood

ENSEMBLE
It's a porno mag

ADRIAN MOLE
I think you've misunderstood

ENSEMBLE
Naked lady rag

ADRIAN MOLE
Nigel gave it to me
So the teachers would see
And just mess up my chance to dance with you
'Cause he knows that it's all I want to do
And it's only 'cause Nigel likes you too

TEACHER
Mole!

PANDORA
Is all this really true?

ADRIAN MOLE
I promise you it is!

TEACHER
You're spotty and you're awkward
You wear your trousers tight
You think you're John Travolta
And you want to hump all night
But what you've never realised
Is childhood's a drag
So stop these little mating calls
Go back to playing tag

WOMEN / (MEN)
Back to playing tag (But my mum says "Oy you brat, no way.")

TEACHER
You've been a little sad

WOMEN / (MEN)
Childhood's a drag ("Are you going out like that?")

TEACHER
It's terrible to brag

WOMEN / (MEN)
Back to playing tag (But Mum doesn't know [?])

TEACHER
Just go and smoke a fag

MAN
I'm not a Big and Bouncy man

WOMEN / MEN
I'm not a Big and Bouncy man

ALL
We're just a bit
Misunderstood
We're just a bit
Misunderstood
'Cause when you're a spotty and pubescent
Teenage adolescent
Lost in childhood
You're just a bit
Misunderstood
You're just a bit
Misunderstood
'Cause when you're a spotty and pubescent
Teenage adolescent
Lost in childhood
You're doing the things you never should
Go go, baby go
We want you to know
We're just a bit
Misunderstood

ADRIAN MOLE
Yeah!