Released: September 24, 1990
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Harold Faltermeyer Pet Shop Boys
[Intro]
(It's so hard)
[Interlude]
[Verse 1]
I double-cross you
And you get mysterious mail
I've tried hard not to shock you
It's hard not to
With the things I could say
[Chorus]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
Why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
[Verse 2]
You lock your letters in a box
And you've hidden the key
I go one better
I'm indebted
To a contact magazine
[Chorus]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
Why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for us?
[Interlude]
If you give up your affairs forever
I will give up mine
But it's hard
(It's so hard)
We make it so hard
Break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves
(It's so hard)
(It's so hard)
[Bridge]
Everybody's got to live together
Just to find a little peace of mind there
If you give up your affairs forever
I will give up mine
But it's hard
So hard
[Verse 3]
I'm always hoping you'll be faithful
But you're not, I suppose
We've both given up smoking
'Cause it's fatal
So whose matches are those?
[Chorus]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves
[Post-Chorus]
(It's so hard)
We make it so hard
(It's so hard)
[Chorus]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard?
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
[Outro]
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves
We make it so hard for ourselves
We make it so hard
So hard
We make it so hard
(It's so hard)
[Interlude]
[Verse 1]
I double-cross you
And you get mysterious mail
I've tried hard not to shock you
It's hard not to
With the things I could say
[Chorus]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
Why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
[Verse 2]
You lock your letters in a box
And you've hidden the key
I go one better
I'm indebted
To a contact magazine
[Chorus]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
Why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for us?
[Interlude]
If you give up your affairs forever
I will give up mine
But it's hard
(It's so hard)
We make it so hard
Break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves
(It's so hard)
(It's so hard)
[Bridge]
Everybody's got to live together
Just to find a little peace of mind there
If you give up your affairs forever
I will give up mine
But it's hard
So hard
[Verse 3]
I'm always hoping you'll be faithful
But you're not, I suppose
We've both given up smoking
'Cause it's fatal
So whose matches are those?
[Chorus]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves
[Post-Chorus]
(It's so hard)
We make it so hard
(It's so hard)
[Chorus]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard?
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
[Outro]
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves
We make it so hard for ourselves
We make it so hard
So hard
We make it so hard
more tracks from the album
Behaviour: Further Listening 1990 – 1991
- Being Boring
- Only the Wind
- Miserablism
- This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave (Extended) [3" Version]
- So Hard (Extended Dance Mix)
- Being Boring (Extended Mix)
- We All Feel Better in the Dark (Extended Mix)
- Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You) (Extended Mix)
- Jealousy (Extended Mix)
- DJ Culture (Extended Mix)
- Was It Worth It? [12" Version]
- The End of the World
- How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?
- This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave
- Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend
- My October Symphony
- It Must Be Obvious
- So Hard
- DJ Culture
- Jealousy
- To Face the Truth
- Generic Jingle
- Nervously
- Music for Boys (Part 2) [Ambient Mix]
From the albums
- Behaviour: Further Listening 1990 – 1991 (2001)
- PopArt (The Videos) (2003)
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