Released: October 22, 1990
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Harold Faltermeyer Pet Shop Boys
[Intro: Chris Lowe]
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
[Verse 1: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
(Everybody e-e-everybody)
Each morning after Sunblest
(Everybody e-e-everybody)
Feel the benefit, mental arithmetic
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
I waited by the staff room
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
In time for benediction
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
Living a law just short of delusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
When we fall in love there's confusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
[Verse 2: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
(Everybody e-e-everybody)
To our voices nobody's listening
(Everybody e-e-everybody)
We shiver in the rain by the touchline
(Everybody e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
Then a coach ride to the station
(Everybody e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
"My lord, the carriage awaiteth!"
(Everybody e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
Living a law just short of delusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
When we fall in love there's confusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
[Post-Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
And how
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
How long?
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Bridge: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
I'm listening to the words I thought I'd never hear again
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
A litany of saints and other ordinary men
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
Kneeling on the parquet, whatever has gone wrong?
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
The fear and feeling hopelessness, I don't want to belong
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Interlude: Chris Lowe]
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
(Lenin)
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
I dreamt I was back in uniform
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
And a candidate for examination
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
History, someone had blundered
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
And a voice rapped "knuckle under!"
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
Living a law just short of delusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
When we fall in love there's confusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
[Post-Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
And how
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
And how
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
How long?
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
[Interlude: Chris Lowe]
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
[Outro: Andrei Vyshinsky]
"Требует наш народ одного: раздавите проклятую гадину!"
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
[Verse 1: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
(Everybody e-e-everybody)
Each morning after Sunblest
(Everybody e-e-everybody)
Feel the benefit, mental arithmetic
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
I waited by the staff room
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
In time for benediction
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
Living a law just short of delusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
When we fall in love there's confusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
[Verse 2: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
(Everybody e-e-everybody)
To our voices nobody's listening
(Everybody e-e-everybody)
We shiver in the rain by the touchline
(Everybody e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
Then a coach ride to the station
(Everybody e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
"My lord, the carriage awaiteth!"
(Everybody e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
Living a law just short of delusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
When we fall in love there's confusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
[Post-Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
And how
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
How long?
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Bridge: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
I'm listening to the words I thought I'd never hear again
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
A litany of saints and other ordinary men
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
Kneeling on the parquet, whatever has gone wrong?
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
The fear and feeling hopelessness, I don't want to belong
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Interlude: Chris Lowe]
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
(Lenin)
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
I dreamt I was back in uniform
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
And a candidate for examination
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
History, someone had blundered
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
And a voice rapped "knuckle under!"
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
[Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
Living a law just short of delusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
When we fall in love there's confusion
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
This must be the place I waited years to leave
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
[Post-Chorus: Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe]
And how
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
And how
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
How long?
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody)
(Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention)
[Interlude: Chris Lowe]
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody, e-e-everybody
Everybody, e-e-everybody, everybody jump to attention
[Outro: Andrei Vyshinsky]
"Требует наш народ одного: раздавите проклятую гадину!"
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]
- Behaviour (1990)
- Behaviour: Further Listening 1990 – 1991 (2001)
- 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