Альбом Pet Shop Boys

Coming soon something good
Something we can share, understood
Could be better news we can share
Something's coming soon I hear it everywhere

(Live it)
It's the story of our lives
(Give it)
It's the way we've always been

(Live it)
Though the mountains may divide
(Give it)
We have reached the sea

I believe we can change
We can make it more than a dream
And I believe that we can change
It's not as strange as it might seem

In the air I can feel
Something magical becoming real
From the other side looking in
Come on throw the dice and tonight we'll win

(Live it)
It's the story of our lives
(Give it)
It's the way we've always been

(Live it)
Though the mountains may divide
(Give it)
We have reached the sea

I believe we can change
We can make it more than a dream
And I believe that we can change
It's not as strange as it might seem

I believe we can change
We can make it more than a dream
And I believe that we can change
It's not as strange as it might seem

Driving through the night, just you and me
Faster than pale moonlight something's calling, calling us away
Do you believe heaven is a better place?
We'll be there in a heartbeat

I believe we can change
We can make it more than a dream
And I believe that we can change
It's not as strange as it might seem
It's not as strange as it might seem

I believe we can change
We can make it more than a dream
And I believe that we can change
It's not as strange as it might seem

I believe we can change
We can make it more than a dream
And I believe that we can change
It's not as strange as it might seem

I believe we can change
We can make it more than a dream

Every time I see you
Something happens to me
Like a chain reaction
Between you and me

My heart starts missing a beat
My heart starts missing a beat
Every time, oh oh oh, every time
Oh oh oh, every time

If I didn't love you
I would look around for someone else
But every time I see you
You have the same effect

My heart starts missing a beat
My heart starts missing a beat
Every time, oh oh oh, every time
Oh oh oh, every time

Every time I hear your heart beat next to me
I'm in love with you, I mean what I say
I'm in love with you and you don't know
What it means to be with you

Beat, beat, beat, h-h-heartbeat
Beat, beat, beat, h-h-heartbeat

Every time I see you
No matter what we do
There's a strange reaction
Can you feel it too?

My heart starts missing a beat
My heart starts missing a beat
Every time, oh oh oh, every time
Oh oh oh

Every time I hear your heart beat next to me
I'm in love with you, I mean what I say
I'm in love with you and you don't know
What it means to be with you

Oh oh oh, every time
Oh oh oh, every time
Oh oh oh, every time
Oh oh oh, every time

Beat, every time
Beat, every time
Beat h-h-heartbeat

Beat h-h-heartbeat
Beat h-h-heartbeat
Beat h-h-heartbeat
H-h-heartbeat

Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just the two of us

You don't have to be in Who's Who
To know what's what
You don't have to be a high flier
To catch your flight

The night we met
Was cold and wet
I needed a drink or two
I saw you standing there
And I knew
I'd love to be loved by you

Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just the two of us

You don't have to be what's what
To know who's who
You don't need the DNA
To find the proof
Then and there my life made sense
You were the evidence

Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just the two of us
Did you see me coming?
I thought I'd have to make
All of the running
I was all yours to take

I'm not superstitious
Or really religious
Just to thyself be true
But now I think I'm starting to believe in fate
Because it delivered you

Did you see me coming? (did you see me?)
Was I that obvious? (was I that obvious?)
For all of a sudden (for all of a sudden)
There were just the two of us (two of us)
Did you see me coming? (did you see me?)
I thought I'd have to make (thought I'd have to make)
All of the running (all of the running)
I was all yours to take (to take)
[x2]

Is this a riot or are you just pleased to see me?
Why aren't we holding hands and talking sweet?
I love you really though I know no one believes me
There's chaos every time we meet

Oh, now look what you've gone and done
You're creating pandemonium
That song you sing means everything to me
I'm living in ecstasy

The stars and the sun dance to your drum
And now it's pandemonium

You're crashing everywhere, it's like you're smashing china
Skidding on an icy road
You're major trouble since you were almost a minor
I sometimes think we'll both explode

Oh, now look what you've gone and done
You're creating pandemonium
That song you sing means everything to me
I'm living in ecstasy

The world's gone mad, what did you do?
Telling perfect strangers that I love you
The stars and the sun dance to your drum
And now it's pandemonium

I can't make sense of anything
All I know is the party's in full swing
If we both just stop for a minute
I'd declare war and then you'd win it

To tell you the truth I thought I was shockproof
Until I saw what you get up to
When you think about it it's quite an achievement
That after all I still love you

Oh, now look what you've gone and done
You're creating pandemonium
That song you sing means everything to me
I'm living in ecstasy

The world's gone mad, what did you do?
Telling perfect strangers that I love you
The stars and the sun dance to your drum
And now it's pandemonium

Another night with open eyes
Too late to sleep, too soon to rise
You're short of breath, is it a heart attack?
Hot and feverish you face the fact

You're in love and it feels like shame
Because she's gone and made a fool of you in public again
You're in love and it feels like pain
Because you know there's too much truth in everything she claims

So ask yourself now, can you forgive her
If she wants you to?
Ask yourself, can you even deliver
What she demands of you?

You drift into the strangest dreams
Of youthful follies and changing teams
Admit you're wrong, oh, no, not yet
Then you wake up and remember that you can't forget

She's made you some kind of laughin' stock
Because you dance to disco and you don't like rock
She'd make fun of you and even in bed
Said, "She was gonna go and get herself a real man instead"

So ask yourself now, can you forgive her
If she begs you to?
Ask yourself, can you even deliver
What she demands of you?
Or do you want revenge?
But that's childish, so childish
But that's childish, so childish

Remember when you were more easily led
Behind the cricket pavilion and the bicycle shed
Trembling as your dreams came true
You looked right into those blue eyes and knew

It was love and now you can't pretend
You've forgotten all the promises of that first friend
It's not enough, she knows how you feel
But she's not prepared to share you with the memory

So ask yourself now, can you forgive her
If she begs you to?
Ask yourself, can you even deliver
What she demands of you?

Ask yourself now, can you forgive her
If she begs you to?
And ask yourself, can you even deliver
What she demands of you?
Or do you want revenge?
But that's childish, so childish

You need more
You need more
You need more
You need more
You need more
You need more
You need more
You need more
You need more

Boy it's tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine and a boy needs a girl
It's about getting out of a rut, you need luck
But you're stuck and you don't know how, oh

(Don't have to be) A big bucks Hollywood star
(Don't have to drive) A super car to get far
(Don't have to live) A life of power and wealth
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it helps
(Don't have to buy) A house in Beverly Hills
(Don't have to have) Your daddy paying the bills
(Don't have to live) A life of power and wealth
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it helps

You need more
Than a big blank check to be a lover, or
A Gulfstream jet to fly you door to door
Somewhere chic on another shore

You need more You need more You need more
You need more You need more You need more
You need love
You need love
You need love

Too much of anything
Is never enough
Too much of everything
Is never enough

Boy it's tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine and a boy needs a girl
It's about getting out of a rut, you need luck
But you're stuck and you don't know how, oh

(Don't have to be) A big bucks Hollywood star
(Don't have to drive) A super car to get far
(Don't have to wear) A smile much colder than ice
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it's nice

You need more
Than the Gerhard Richter hangin' on your wall
A chauffeur-driven limousine on call
To drive your wife and lover to a white tie ball

You need more
You need more
You need more
You need more
You need more
You need more
You need love

I believe that we can achieve
The love that we need
I believe, call me naive
Love is for free

(Don't have to be) A big bucks Hollywood star
(Don't have to drive) A super car to get far
(Don't have to live) A life of power and wealth
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it helps
Beautiful but it helps
Beautiful but it helps

(Together) We will go our way
(Together) We will leave some day
(Together) Your hand in my hand
(Together) We will make our plan

(Together) We will fly so high
(Together) Tell all our friends goodbye
(Together) We will start life new
(Together) This is what we'll do:

(Go west) Life is peaceful there
(Go west) in the open air
(Go west) where the skies are blue
(Go west) this is what we're gonna do

(Together) We will love the beach
(Together) We will learn and teach
(Together) Change our pace of life
(Together) We will work and strive

(I love you) I know you love me,
(I want you) how could I disagree?
(So that's why) I make no protest
(When you say) you will do the rest

(Go west) life is peaceful there
(Go west) in the open air
(Go west) baby, you and me
(Go west) this is our destiny
(Go west) sun in winter time
(Go west) we will do just fine
(Go west) where the skies are blue
(Go west) this is what we're gonna do

There, where the air is free
We'll be (we'll be) what we want to be
Now, if we make a stand
We'll find (we'll find) our promised land!

(I know that) there are many ways
(To live there) in the sun or shade
(Together) we will find the place
(To settle) where there's so much space

(Without rush) And the pace back east
(The hustling) rustling just to feast
(I know I'm) ready to leave too
(So that's why) we are gonna do
(Oh, what we're gonna do is...)

(Go west) life is peaceful there
(Go west) there, in the open air
(Go west) Where the skies are blue
(Go west) This is what we're gonna do...

(Life is peaceful there)
Go west (In the open air)
Go west (Baby, you and me)
Go west (This is our destiny) Come on, come on, come on, come on

(Go west) Sun in winter time
(Go west) we will feel just fine
(Go west) where the skies are blue
(Go west) this is what we're gonna do

(Come on, come on, come on, come on, go west!)

(Two divided by zero, zero)
(Two divided by zero, zero, zero)

Let's not go home, we'll catch the late train
I've got enough money to pay all the way
When the postman calls, he'll deliver the letter
I've explained everything; it's better that way

(Divided by, divided by) I think they heard a rumour
(Divided by, divided by) Or someone tipped them off
(Divided by, divided by) It's better to go sooner
(Divided by, divided by) Than call it all off

We'll catch a plane to New York, and a cab going down
Cross the bridges and tunnels, straight into town
Tomorrow morning we'll be miles away
On another continent and another day

(Divided by, divided by) Let's not go home
(Divided by, divided by) Or call it a day
(Divided by, divided by) You won't be alone
(Divided by, divided by) Let's run away

(Two divided by zero, zero)
(Two divided by zero, zero, zero)
(D...d...d...d...d...divided by)
(Divided by, divided by)
(Z...z...z...z...z...zero, zero)
(Divided by)

(Turn of that noise...)

(Divided by, divided by) Someone spread a rumour
(Divided by, divided by zero, zero)
(Divided by, divided by) Better to go sooner
(Divided by, divided by) Let's run away

So why hang around for the deed to be done
You can give it all up for a place in the sun
When the postman calls we'll be miles away
On a plane to New York and another day

(Divided by, divided by) I think they heard a rumour
(Divided by, divided by) Or someone tipped them off
(Divided by, divided by) Better to go sooner
(Divided by, divided by) Than call it all off

(Divided by, divided by) Someone spread a rumour
(Divided by, divided by) And someone has to pay
(Divided by, divided by) Let's not go home
(Divided by, divided by) Let's run away
(Divided by, divided by) Let's not go home
(Divided by, divided by) Let's run away

There comes a time in everyone's life
When all of the parties every night
They're not enough
You want something more ((Tell me))
I want you
I want you

(Tell)
(Tell)

I find you when I want you
And lose you late at night
The woman in me shouts out
The man in me just smiles
I may not always love you
You may not care
But if we should live together
There's something we could share
If we dare
Why don't we?

(Baby) Why don't we live together?
You won't believe in love until the day you try
(Baby) Why don't we live together? ((Baby))
With all the love we had, and all the love we hide

We'll find a home together
((Baby)) And sleep there every night
((Baby)) There's a time and place for most things
((Baby)) This time we'll get it right
((Aah)) You may not always love me
I may not care
But intuition tells me, baby
There's something we could share
If we dare
Why don't we?

(Baby) Why don't we live together?
You won't believe in love until the day you try
(Baby) Why don't we live together? ((Baby))
With all the love we had, and all the love we hide

Why don't we live together? ((together))
Together? ((together baby))
Why don't we live together? ((together))
Together?
Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah
Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah
(Baby)
((Ooh, baby, baby, why don't we live?))
Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah

((Baby)) You may not always love me
I may not care
But intuition tells me, baby
There's something we could share
If we dare
Why don't we?

(Baby) Why don't we live together? ((Ooh ooh))
You won't believe in love until the day you try
(Baby) Why don't we live together? ((Baby, baby))
With all the love we had, and all the love we hide ((Baby))

Why don't we live together? ((together))
Together? ((together baby))
Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah
((Baby, Ooh, baby))
(Saying why don't we live together))

You won't believe until the day you try ((Baby, baby))
(Baby) Why don't we live together?
Why don't we live together?
(Baby) Why don't we live together? (Ooh ooh)
You won't believe in love until the day you try
(Baby)
Without the love, love you feel inside

New York City boy
You’ll never have a bored day
'Cause you're a New York City boy
Where Seventh Avenue meets Broadway

When you're a boy, some days are tough
Lying on your bed playing punk rock and stuff
Home is a boot camp you gotta escape
Wanna go and wander in the ticker tape

You feel, the deal, is real
You're a New York City boy
So young, so run
Into New York City

New York City boy
You’ll never have a bored day
'Cause you're a New York City boy
Where Seventh Avenue meets Broadway

The street is amazing
The hoochies unreal
Check out all the hardware at the latest deal
Hear a song, that’s the bomb
If you don’t get that mix it’s gone 86

You feel, the deal, is real
you're in New York City

New York City boy
This is your reward day
'Cause you're a New York City boy
Where Seventh Avenue meets Broadway

Then as evening falls
You can return it’s calls
(Party on, party on, party on, p-party on
Party on, party on, party on, p-party on
Party on, party on, party on, p-party on
Party on, party on, party on, p-party on)

You feel, the deal, is real
You're a New York City boy
So young, so run
Into New York City

New York City boy (New York City)
You’ll never have a bored day
'Cause you're a New York City boy
Where Seventh Avenue meets Broadway
New York City Boy (New Yrok City boy)
This is your reward day
'Cause you're a New York City by
Where Seventh Avenue meets Broadway

Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh New York City Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh
Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh New York City Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh

New York City boy
You’ll never have a bored day
'Cause your a New York City boy
Where Seventh Avenue meets Broadway
(You’ll never have a bored day, New York City)
New York City boy, This is your reward day
(You’ll never have a bored day, New York City)
'Cause your a New York City boy
Where Seventh Avenue meets Broadway

Maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could
Little things I should have said and done
I never took the time

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine
If I make you feel second best
I'm so sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me, one more chance to keep you satisfied,

Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me, one more chance to keep you satisfied

You were always on my mind

Never been closer to heaven
Never been further away
Never been closer to heaven
Never been further away

Give me hope, give me all your love
Tell me now, you're coming home tonight
Have some faith in the love we share
Is it fate? Does darkness end in light?

Never been closer to heaven
Never been further away
Never been closer to heaven
Never been further away

Where'd you go? Did you lose your way?
Tell me now, you're coming back to stay
In my hopes paradise is real
Horoscopes can't forecast how we'll feel

Never been closer to heaven
Never been further away
Never been closer to heaven
Never been further away

Give me hope, give me hope

Never been closer to heaven
Never been further away
Never been closer to heaven
Never been further away

Give me hope, give me hope

I get out of bed, at half past ten
Phone up a friend, who's a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you're with me, we'll do some shopping

One day I'll read or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
But I don't like to compete or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best, from the party animal

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would

Pick up a brochure, about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang, if you want to belong

I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own, at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete or play out on the street
For in a secret life, I was a round head general

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Ohh, I would

I was faced with a choice, at a difficult age
Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head, I heard distant feet
Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat

It's not a crime when you look, the way you do
The way I like, to picture you
When I get home, it's late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight

Turn off the TV, look at a book
Pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe I'll sit up all night and day
Waiting for the minute I hear you say

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on baby, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could

And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on baby
Left to my own devices, I probably would

I don't care what you've said
and I mean it
I don't care what you've shared
'cause I've seen it
Who's to judge if you're wrong?
This is a bad time
Just as long as you break his heart
and not mine
Tell him you're a liar
Tell him I'm a saint
Say it's much too early
or just too late
Tell him that you're weak
Beg him to be strong
Say you're very sorry
but you were wrong

Do I have to? Don't say
Do I need to love you?
Do I have to? Don't say
Do I need to love you?

It's a fatal mistake
and you know it
that you're dying to make
You'll pay for it
It's already too late
Go on admit it
Tell him it's a problem
Tell him it's too hard
Say you phoned your best friend
and Scotland Yard
Swear that there'll be murder
Tell him that I'm ill
Say you know it's blackmail

Do I have to? Don't say
Do I need to love you?
Do I have to? Don't say
that I need to love you

I know what you've said about me
I heard but do I have to plead?

Do I have to? Don't say
Do I need to love you?
Do I have to? Don't say
Do I need to love you?
Do I have to? Don't say
Do I need to love you?
Do I have to? Don't say
that I need to love you

The man at the back of the queue was sent
To feel the smack of firm government
Linger by the flyposter, for a fight
It's the same story every night
I've been hurt and we've been had
You leave home, and you don't go back

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee

Only last night I found myself lost
By the station called King's Cross
Dead and wounded on either side
You know it's only a matter of time
I've been good and I've been bad
I've been guilty of hanging around

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee

So I went looking out today
For the one who got away
Murder walking round the block
Ending up in King's Cross
Good luck, bad luck waiting in a line
It takes more than the matter of time

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee
And there's still no guarantee
There is still no guarantee

Lost in the high street, where the dogs run/
roaming suburban boys/
Mother's got her hair do to be done/
She says they're too old for toys/
Stood by the bus stop with a felt pen/
in this suburban hell
and in the distance a police car/
to break the suburban spell
Let's take a ride/
and run with the dogs tonight/in suburbia/
You can't hide/Run with the dogs tonight
/in suburbia
Break the window by the town hall
listen! A siren screams/
there in the distance like a roll call
of all the suburban dreams
Let's take a ride/
and run with the dogs tonight/
in suburbia/
You can't hide/
run with the dogs tonight/
in suburbia
I only wanted something else to do but hang around/
I only wanted something else to do but hang around
It's on the front page of the papers/
This is their hour of need/
Where's a policeman when you need one/
to blame the colour TV?
Let's take a ride/
and run with the dogs tonight/
in suburbia/
You can't hide/
run with the dogs tonight/
in suburbia
Suburbia/
where the suburbs met utopia/
What kind of dream was this?
so easy to destroy?
Man who are were to blame
For the sins of the past?
These slums of the future?
suburbia/
where the suburbs met utopia/
suburbia/
where the suburbs met utopia

Come outside and see a brand new day
The troubles in your mind will blow away
It's easy to believe they're here to stay
But you won't find them standing in your way

Se a vida e, I love you
Come outside and feel the morning sun
Se a vida e, I love you
Life is much more simple when you're young

Come on, essa vida e
That's the way life is, that's the way life is

Although we see the world through different eyes
We share the same idea of paradise
So don't search in the starts for signs of love
Look around your life, you'll find enough

Se a vida e, I love you
Come outside and feel the morning sun
Se a vida e, I love you
Life is much more simple when you're young

Come on, essa vida e
That's the way life is, that's the way life is

Why do you want to sit alone in Gothic gloom
Surrounded by the ghosts of love that haunt your room?
Somewhere theres a different door to open wide
You gotta throw those skeletons out of your closet and come outside

So you will see a brand new day
The troubles in your mind will blow away
It's easy to believe they're here to stay
But you won't find them standing in your way

Se a vida e, I love you
Come outside and feel the morning sun
Se a vida e, I love you
Life is much more simple when you're young

Come on, essa vida e
That's the way life is, that's the way life is
Come on, essa vida e
That's the way life is, that's the way life is

Se a vida e, I love you
Come outside and feel the morning sun
Se a vida e, I love you
Life is much more simple when you're young

Hay una discoteca por aqui?

I don't speak the language
I can't understand the word
Where angels fear to tread
I've sometimes walked and tried to talk

But how can I be heard
In such a world, when I'm lost?
I'm doing what I do to see me through
I'm going out and carrying on as normal

Hay una discoteca por aqui?

Te quiero
Entiende usted?
Digame
Cuanto tiempo tengo que esperar?

I don't speak in anger
Though the chances that I've let pass me by
And now regret I can't forget
They're haunting me like a score of unpaid debts

Is it enough to live in hope
That one day we'll be free without this fear?
I'm going out
And carrying on as normal

Hay una discoteca por aqui?

Te quiero
Entiende usted?
Digame
Cuanto tiempo tengo que esperar?

(All day, all day)

I don't know why, I don't know how
I thought I loved you but I'm not sure now
I've seen you look at strangers too many times
A love you once is of a, a different kind

Remember when we felt the sun
A love like paradise, how hot it burned
A threat of distant thunder, the sky was red
And when you walked, you always turned every head

(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)
Domino dancing
(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)
Domino dancing

I thought that when we fought I was to blame
But now I know you play a different game
I've watched you dance with danger, still wanting more
Add another number to the score

(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)
Domino dancing
(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)
Domino dancing

When you look around you wonder
Do you play to win?
Or are you just a bad loser?

(All day, all day)
(All day, all day)

I don't know why, I don't know how
I'd thought I loved you, but I'm not sure now
Hear the thunder crashing, the sky is dark
And now a storm is breaking within my heart

(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)
Domino dancing
(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)
Domino dancing

(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)
Domino dancing
(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)
Domino dancing

(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)
Domino dancing
(All day, all day)
Watch them all fall down
(All day, all day)

Watch them all fall down
Watch them all fall down

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead, long live the king"

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
Now I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'
Roman cavalry choirs are singin'
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St. Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh, who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'
Roman cavalry choirs are singin'
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know St. Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

Watch them all fall down
Watch them all fall down

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...

When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it
Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it
Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care
And I still don't understand

So I look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to - it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin

(Confiteor Deo omnipotenti vobis fratres, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione,
verbo, opere et omissione, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa)
[trans. "I confess to almighty god,
and to you my brothers,
that I have sinned exceedingly
in thought, word, act and omission,
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault"]

I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
"Dress in white" one said, with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We were never feeling bored

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end

When I went I left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said: "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had scored
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never dreamt that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We were never being bored

SOMETIMES YOU'RE BETTER OFF DEAD
THEREґS A GUN IN YOUR HAND
AND ITґS POINTING AT YOUR HEAD
YOU THINK YOUґRE MAD, TOO UNSTABLE
KICKING IN CHAIRS AND KNOCKING DOWN TABLES
IN A RESTAURANT, IN A WEST END TOWN
CALL THE POLICE THEREґS A MADMAN AROUND
RUNNING DOWN UNDERGROUND
TO A DIVE BAR IN A WEST END TOWN

IN A WEST END TOWN A DEAD END WORLD
THE EAST END BOYS AND WEST END GIRLS
IN A WEST END TOWN A DEAD END WORLD
THE EAST END BOYS AND WEST END GIRLS
WEST END GIRLS

TOO MANY SHADOWS, WHISPERING VOICES
FACES ON POSTERS, TOO MANY CHOICES
IF,WHEN, WHY, WHAT, HOW MUCH HAVE YOU GOT
HAVE YOU GOT IT, DO YOU GET IT
IF SO, HOW OFTEN
WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE
A HARD OR SOFT OPTION

HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED

IN A WEST END TOWN A DEAD END WORLD...

HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED

IN A WEST END TOWN A DEAD END WORLD...

YOU GOT A HEART OF GLASS OR A HEART OF STONE
JUST YOU WAIT TILL I GET YOU HOME
WEґVE GOT NO FUTURE
WEґVE GOT NO PAST
HERE TODAY BUILT TO LAST
IN EVERY CITY AND EVERY NATION
FROM LAKE GENEVA TO FINLAND STATION

HOW FAR HAVE YOU BEEN

IN A WEST END TOWN A DEAD END WORLD...