Released: September 7, 2012

Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant

Producer: Pet Shop Boys Andrew Dawson

[Verse 1]
I thought it was like a film
Reviewed but never seen
Where everybody played themselves
As a drama king or queen
The music was overwhelming
Glittering and thin
Solemn and shabby like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin

[Verse 2]
I visualised the flashback
School, punk rock, success
Parties, too much of everything
The clichés, the candles, the mess

[Pre-Chorus]
Lucien in the scene with David
Brian in a tux
A copy of Blitz in Zanzibar
Old Hollywood redux
Ossie's last collection
Biba's closing sale
A little more rouge on the powdered cheeks
But the base is pale

[Chorus]
This is our last chance for goodbye
Let the music begin
Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin

[Verse 3]
It ended with a motorbike
A search for evidence
Poring over old photographs
To make it all fake sense
Glamorous in its own way
Shouting above the din
Solemn and shabby like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin

[Pre-Chorus]
Johnny's wearing brothel-creepers
Malcolm's round the block
Adam's in a Jarman film
The look is 'Let It Rock'
A Johnson's leather jacket
Hair by Keith at Smile
All you need to make it big
Is sex and style

[Chorus]
This is our last chance for goodbye
Let the music begin
Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin

[Chorus]
This is our last chance for goodbye
Let the music begin
Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin

[Chorus]
This is our last chance for goodbye
Let the music begin
Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin

[Chorus]
This is our last chance for goodbye
Let the music begin
Shining and soaring like a requiem
In denim and leopardskin

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo comprised of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Formed in London in 1981, they’ve released fourteen LPs–in addition to a myriad of theatrical, film, and ballet scores–and have charted forty-two UK Top 30 singles, four of them making it to number 1.