Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
A butterfly in the sitting room
Sudden sneezing overhead
Dragonflies skim the swimming pool
The dog is barking to be fed
[Chorus]
And it won't be long
'til we get the news
Though I'll soon be gone
I'll be the sucker who's
Always had the most to lose
When we get this news
[Verse 2]
Pheasants scatter, rabbits flee
A car departing in the rain
On the flight path a 747
Round the bend a rocky lane
[Chorus]
And it won't be long
'til we get the news
Though I could be wrong
I bet I'm the one who's left
With the tears and the telephoned threat
Who'll always be the most in debt
When we get the news
[Outro]
Baby, baby, did I ever tell you
That I worked out where I went wrong?
A butterfly in the sitting room
Sudden sneezing overhead
Dragonflies skim the swimming pool
The dog is barking to be fed
[Chorus]
And it won't be long
'til we get the news
Though I'll soon be gone
I'll be the sucker who's
Always had the most to lose
When we get this news
[Verse 2]
Pheasants scatter, rabbits flee
A car departing in the rain
On the flight path a 747
Round the bend a rocky lane
[Chorus]
And it won't be long
'til we get the news
Though I could be wrong
I bet I'm the one who's left
With the tears and the telephoned threat
Who'll always be the most in debt
When we get the news
[Outro]
Baby, baby, did I ever tell you
That I worked out where I went wrong?
more tracks from the album
Bilingual: Further Listening 1995 – 1997
- The Calm Before The Storm
- Somewhere (Extended Mix)
- The Survivors
- How I Learned to Hate Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Delusions of Grandeur
- Betrayed
- Disco Potential
- Saturday Night Forever
- In the Night (1995)
- A Red Letter Day
- Discoteca (Single Version)
- A Red Letter Day (Expanded Single Version)
- Up Against It
- Se a Vida É (That’s the Way Life Is)
- Before
- The Truck-Driver and His Mate
- Metamorphosis
- Paninaro ’95
- To Step Aside
- It Always Comes as a Surprise
- Single-Bilingual
- Electricity
- View From Your Balcony
- Hit and Miss
- Discoteca
- Discoteca (New Version)
- The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On (International Club Mix)
From the albums
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