Released: November 30, 1987
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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?
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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, but that I'll kill
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
Do I have to? Oh, don't say
Do I need to love you?
Do I have to? Don't say
Do I need to love you?
[Bridge]
I know what you've said about me
I heard, but do I have to plead?
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
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?
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Do I have to?
Do I have to?
Don't say
Do I have to...
...love you?
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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?
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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, but that I'll kill
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
Do I have to? Oh, don't say
Do I need to love you?
Do I have to? Don't say
Do I need to love you?
[Bridge]
I know what you've said about me
I heard, but do I have to plead?
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
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?
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Do I have to?
Do I have to?
Don't say
Do I have to...
...love you?
more tracks from the album
Actually: Further Listening 1987 – 1988
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Shopping
- What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Extended Mix) [12" Version]
- Always on My Mind (Dub Mix)
- I Want to Wake Up (Breakdown Mix)
- One More Chance [7" Version]
- Heart (Disco Remix) [12" Version]
- Always on My Mind (Demo)
- Rent [7" Version]
- Always on My Mind (Dance Mix) [12" Version]
- Do I Have To?
- Heart
- A New Life
- Hit Music
- Heart (Shep Pettibone Version)
- One More Chance
- It Couldn’t Happen Here
- I Want to Wake Up
- You Know Where You Went Wrong
- King’s Cross
- It’s a Sin
- It’s a Sin (Disco Mix) [12" Version]
- Rent
- I Want a Dog (B-Side Version)
From the albums
- Alternative (1995)
- Actually: Further Listening 1987 – 1988 (2001)
Pet Shop Boys popular songs
- West End Girls
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Go West
- Always On My Mind
- Being Boring
- Suburbia
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Domino Dancing
- The Pop Kids
- Left to My Own Devices
- Rent
- New York City Boy
- Love etc.
- Love is a Bourgeois Construct
- Burning the heather
- Dreamland
- Closer to Heaven 3
- Footsteps
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
- Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Coconut 1 12" Mix) [Disco 2 Version]
- In His Imagination
- Sail Away