@ALBUM: Misc Songs PET SHOP BOYS MISCELLANEOUS Please do contact me for any information from the Pet Shop Boys in general and song texts in particular: Werner Peeters wpeeters@maze.ruca.ua.ac.be @SONG: ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Edina: Lights! Models! Guest list! Just do your best, darling! PSB: Absolutely fabulous We're absolutely fabulous Patsy: darling? E: Mmm? P: You are a fabulous wonderful individual! E: Oh, thank you, darling! P: And remember, I've known you longer than your daughter. E: Champer's alright for you, Pats? P: Lovely, sweetie! E: Shall we finish off the beluga or shall we have some smoked salmon and nibbly things? P: Oh, whatever, sweetie! E: Alright, we'll finish off the beluga! P: Dull, soulless dance music E: Bip bip bip, bop bop bop P: Dull, soulless dance music E: Ride on time, ride on time P: Techno, techno, bloody techno, darling! PSB: Absolutely fabulous E: That's fabulous, darling PSB: We're absolutely fabulous P: That's fabulous, good E: Chanel, Dior, Lagerfield, Givenchy, Gaultier, darling names, names, names P: Harpers, Tatler, English Vogue, American Vogue, French Vogue, Bloody Aby-bloody-ssinian bloody Vogue, darling! E: Lacroix, sweetie, Lacroix Lacroix, sweetie, Lacroix P: Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! PSB: Absolutely fabulous E: Pump up the volume PSB: We're absolutely fabulous E: Just put the needle on the record PSB: Absolutely fabulous E: Pump up the volume PSB: We're absolutely fabulous E: You're ready for this, sweetie? Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong I'm chanting as we speak, bye bye, darling Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong I'm chanting as we speak, bye bye, darling Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong Champer's alright for you, Pats? P: Oh, he was just a windscreen washer I picked up at the traffic lights. E: Ah! P: Bum's so tight he was bouncing off the walls. E: Bye, Pats! Lacroix, sweetie, Lacroix, sweetie Lacroix, sweetie, La-la-la-lacroix PSB: Absolutely fabulous E: Let the music lift you up, darling PSB: We're absolutely fabulous P: Dull, soulless dance music PSB: Absolutely fabulous E: It's the bloody pet shop boys, sweetie! PSB: We're absolutely fabulous E: Are you ready for this sweetie? Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong I'm chanting as we speak, bye bye, darling Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong Ong plonk kerplinky plong Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! P: It's fabulous! E: Good. thank you! @SONG: DISAPPOINTED (Electronic feat. Neil Tennant) (Aaaah, Aaaah, Ooooh) (Aaaah, Aaaah, Aaaah) Now, my head is spinning At the back of my mind, I think I'm winning I was somebody falling for one who was not Somebody tired of dreaming Now its already dawning that this time I've got Someone who won't leave me feeling... Disappointed, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointed, or Disenchanted, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointed at all Listen, as you call my name Just one syllable said, then spoken once again >From the sound of your voice, the promise you make You're somebody I can believe in Someone who won't leave me feeling... Disappointed, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointed, or Disenchanted, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointed at all At the back of my head I believe what you said Dreaming Disappointed, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointed, or Disenchanted, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointed at all (Aaaah, Aaaah, Aaaah, Ooooh) (Aaaah, Aaaah, Aaaah, Ooooh) Disappointed (Aaaah, Aaaah, Ooooh) @SONG: GETTING AWAY WITH IT (Electronic feat. Neil Tennant) I've been walking in the rain Just to get wet on purpose I've been forcing myself Not to forget just to feel worse I've been getting away with it all my life (Getting away) However I look, it's clear to see That I love you more than you love me However I look, it's clear to see: I love you more than you love me I hate that mirror It makes me feel so worthless I'm an original sinner But when I'm with you I couldn't care less I've been getting away with it all my life Getting away with it All my life (Getting away) However I look, it's clear to see That I love you more than you love me However I look, it's clear to see: I love you more than you love me I love you more than you love me More than you love me I thought I gave up falling in love A long, long time ago I guess I like it, but I can't tell you You shouldn't really know And it's been true all my life Yes, it's been true all my life I've been talking to myself Just to suggest that I'm selfish (Getting ahead) I've been trying to impress That more is less, and I'm repressed (I should do what he said) However I look, it's clear to see: I love you more than you love me However I look, it's clear to see: I love you more than you love me I love you more than you love me I love you more than you love me Get away with it Get away with it @SONG: GIRLS AND BOYS (Blur) Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Street is like a jungle So call the police Following the herd Down to Greece, on holiday Love in the nineties Is paranoid On sunny beaches Take your chances, looking for Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls, who do Boys like they're girls, who do girls, like they're boys Always should be someone you really love (Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh) Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Avoiding all work 'Cause there's none available Like battery thinkers Count your thoughts on one, two, three, four, five fingers Nothing is wasted Only reproduced You get nasty blisters Du bist sehr schoen but we haven't been introduced Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls, who do Boys like they're girls, who do girls, like they're boys Always should be someone you really love (Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh) Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls, who do Boys like they're girls, who do girls, like they're boys Always should be someone you really love (Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh) Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Looking for Girls! Boys! Boys! Girls! Boys! Girls! Girls! Boys! Always should be someone you really love (Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh) Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls, who do Boys like they're girls, who do girls, like they're boys Always should be someone you really love (Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh) Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls, who do Boys like they're girls, who do girls, like they're boys Always should be someone you really love (Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh) Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls, who do Boys like they're girls, who do girls, like they're boys... @SONG: I WANT TO WAKE UP 1993 Johnny Marr remix (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) I heard what you said, and I can tell you it's true I heard you've said that I am crazy about you Turn in my sleep, the bad dream is over Think of you and shall I ever recover? And now, I want to wake up How I want to wake up (wake up, wake up) Why do you treat me the way you do It must be mean to watch me play the fool Sometimes I feel I want to run away This is a nightmare, baby, and I can't escape I stood at the kitchen-sink, my radio played Songs like "Tainted Love" and "Love Is Strange" As I listened and the words hit my ears I cried sudden tears Now, I want to wake up How I want to wake up Wake up Why do you treat me the way you do It must be mean to watch me play the fool Sometimes I feel I want to run away This is a nightmare, baby, and I can't escape Why do you treat me the way you do It must be mean to watch me play the fool Sometimes I feel I want to run away This is a nightmare, baby, and I can't escape All my life All my life (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) Play with fire, play with guns It's easy to impress someone Turning in my sleep, you called me fool To fall in love, is it so uncool? Now, I want to wake up How I want to wake up (wake up) Now, I want to wake up How I want to wake up I want to wake up (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) I want to wake up I want to wake up (Ooh ooh ooh oh oh Ooh ooh ooh oh oh) I wanna wake up I wanna wake up I wanna wake up I wanna wake up I wanna wake up I wanna wake up I wanna wake up I want to wake up I want I want I want to wake up I want to wake up I want Ooh I want to wake up Ooh I want to wake up I want to wake up I want I want I want to wake up I want to wake up I want Ooh I want to wake up Ooh I want to wake up I want to wake up I Wanna wake up With you Ooh I, Ooh I, Ooh I, Ooh @SONG: I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING Voxigen Remix I wouldn't normally do (do do do) I wouldn't normally do (do do do) There is no long countdown I wouldn't normally do (do do do) There is no backup Now or never, here it comes (People say I'm crazy) (People say I'm crazy) (People say I'm crazy) Ask me why, I say it's most unusual How can I even try to explain Why today I feel like dancing Singing like lovers sing I wouldn't normally do I wouldn't normally I wouldn't normally do I wouldn't normally Ask me when, I say it started when I met you And ever since then I knew that the past couldn't last For right now, I think I'm running A race that I know I'm gonna win I wouldn't normally do I wouldn't normally I wouldn't normally do I wouldn't normally I wouldn't normally do (even try) I wouldn't normally do (even try) (I feel like dancing) (I feel like dancing) I wouldn't normally do (why today) I wouldn't normally do (why today) (I feel like dancing) (I feel like dancing) (I feel like dancing) (I feel like dancing) (I feel like dancing) (I feel like dancing) There is no long countdown There is no backup Now or never, here it comes I wouldn't normally do I wouldn't normally I wouldn't normally do I wouldn't normally @SONG: I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING 7" version Ask me why, I say it's most unusual How can I even try to explain Why today I feel like dancing Singing like lovers sing When I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing? I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing Ask me when, (ta ra ra ra) I say it started when I met you (ta ra ra ra ra ra) And ever since then I knew that the past couldn't last For right now, I think I'm running A race that I know I'm gonna win And I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing If people say I'm crazy, I tell 'em that it's true Let them watch with amazement Say it won't last beyond breakfast It's a phase he's going through Denigrate or speculate on what I'm going through Because it isn't the sort of thing I would normally do (do, do... (I wouldn't normally do, do do...) (I wouldn't normally do, do do...) Ask me what, (ta ra ra ra) I say I think it's good for you (ta ra ra ra ra) Believe it or not, I know where it's all leading to I feel like taking all my clothes off Dancing to the Rite of Spring And I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing I wouldn't normally do this kind of - This kind of thing (Wouldn't normally do this kind of thing) (Wouldn't normally do this kind of) (This kind of thing) (This kind of thing) (This kind of thing) (This kind of - This kind of thing) (This kind of thing) @SONG: JEALOUSY Extended mix "Not poppy nor mandragora Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou owedst yesterday." [-Shakespeare, Othello Act 3 Scene 3 line 333] At dead of night, when strangers roam The streets in search of anyone who'll take them home I lie alone, the clock strikes three And anyone who wanted to could contact me At dead of night, 'till break of day Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake It's much too late Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy I never knew time pass so slow I wish I'd never met you, or that I could bear to let you go At dead of night, 'till break of day Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake It's much too late Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy I never knew 'til I met you @SONG: THE CRYING GAME (Boy George & Pet Shop Boys) I know all there is to know, about the crying game I've had my share of the crying game First there are kisses Then there are sighs And then before you know where you are, you're saying goodbye One day soon, I'm gonna tell the moon, about the crying game And if he knows, maybe he'll explain Why there are heartaches (Heartaches) Why there are tears (So sad) And what to do, to stop feeling blue, when love disappears First there are kisses (Kisses) Then there are sighs (So sad) And then before, you know where you are, you're saying goodbye Don't want no more, of the crying game (Don't want no more) Don't want no more, of the crying game (Don't want no more) Don't want no more, of the crying game (Don't want no more) Don't want no more, of the crying game Aaahhh @SONG: THE PATIENCE OF A SAINT (Electronic feat. Pet Shop Boys) Talking of my attributes The things I do so well As anyone who's in cahoots With me will readily tell I've lived up here, I've been down there I've bought so I could sell And if I drove a faster car I'd drive it bloody well How could I change? I live without restraint And I would try the patience of a saint And I would try the patience of a saint Thinking of my attitudes Talking one-on-one I may disagree with you But look where you've come from And all that you've got I thought that I would faint But I would try the patience of a saint And I would try the patience of a saint I would try the patience of a saint I'm talking to myself (I'm talking to myself) Talking to myself (myself myself) I'm talking to the one that I know best I'm talking to the one that I know best Bury me with gratitude You can't go to hell Why should I care? I'd rather watch drying paint But I would try the patience of a saint And I would try the patience of a saint I would try the patience of a saint And I would try the patience Of a saint @SONG: VIOLENCE Hacienda Version The sons and brothers, fighting for another cause Anything to give their lives some meaning Busy with their guns and dreaming Far away from here Said they would act (said they would act) In self-defense And all the others, running 'round so hot and bothered Anything to give their lives some meaning In the evening Running around with guns and Said they would act (said they would act) in self-defense With violence Violence breeds Violence (Ooh yeah, ooh yeah) Violence breeds Violence (Ooh yeah, violence breeds violence) (Ooh yeah, breeds yeah, breeds yeah) (Ooh yeah, ooh yeah) The son and brother, when he gets home He gives someone some love And mutters: "Woman, (mutters woman) You'll never understand (never understand) I did what I said (did what I said) In self-defense With violence" Violence breeds Violence (Ooh yeah, ooh yeah) Violence breeds Violence (Ooh yeah, ooh yeah) (Ooh yeah, violence) (Ooh yeah, violence breeds violence) @SONG: WEST END GIRLS 1984 Version West End girls Sometimes you're better off dead There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head You think you're mad, too unstable Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables In a restaurant in a West End town Call the police, there's 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 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? And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls A West End town, a dead end world East End boys, West End girls West End girls I've said it all before, I'll say it all again We're all modern men We've got no future, we've got no past Here today, built to last In every city, in every nation >From Lake Geneva to the Finland station And a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls Ooh West End town, a dead end world East End boys, West End Girls West End girls You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone Just you wait 'till I get you home All your stopping, stalling and starning Who do you think you are, Joe Stalin? Sometimes you're better off dead There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls And a West End town, a dead end world East End Boys, West End girls West End girls West End girls (I I I) (Huh Huh Huh) (I I I I) (Huh Huh Huh-Huh-Huh-Huh) (I-I-I-I-I-I-I-...) @SONG: YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD RAF Zone dub Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Yesterday Darling, you were wonderful, you really were quite good I enjoyed that, though, of course, no one understood A word of what was going on, they didn't have a clue They couldn't understand your sense of humour like I do Yesterday, when I was mad In anyone, in anyone, in anyone's sincerity Yesterday, when I was mad In anyone, in anyone, in anyone's sincerity You have a certain quality, which really is unique Expressionless, such irony, although your voice is weak It doesn't really matter 'cause the music is so loud Of course it's all on tape, but no one will find out Yesterday, when I was mad In anyone, in anyone, in anyone's sincerity Yesterday, when I was mad In anyone, in anyone, in anyone's sincerity Yesterday, when I was mad In anyone, in anyone, in anyone's sincerity Yesterday, when I was mad In anyone, in anyone, in anyone's sincerity Then, when I was lonely I thought again And changed my mind @SONG: YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS MAD 7" Version Darling, you were wonderful, you really were quite good I enjoyed that, though, of course, no one understood A word of what was going on, they didn't have a clue They couldn't understand your sense of humour like I do You're much too kind I smiled with murder on my mind Yesterday, when I was mad And quite prepared to give up everything Admitting, I don't believe In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me You have a certain quality, which really is unique Expressionless, such irony, although your voice is weak It doesn't really matter 'cause the music is so loud Of course it's all on tape, but no one will find out You hated me too But not as much as I hated you Yesterday, when I was mad And quite prepared to give up everything Admitting, I don't believe In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me Then, when I was lonely I thought again And changed my mind Then we posed for pictures with the competition winners And argued about the hotel rooms, and where to go for dinner And someone said: "It's fabulous you're still around today, You've both made such a little go a very long way" Yesterday, when I was mad (when I was mad) And quite prepared to give up everything Admitting, I don't believe In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me Yesterday When I was mad Admitting, I don't believe In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me Then, when I was lonely I thought again And changed my mind