Released: September 7, 1987
Songwriter: Neil Tennant Ennio Morricone Chris Lowe
Producer: David Jacob Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
Yesterday, remember how clear it seemed
In six inch heels, quoting magazines
Go all the way, you knew you could
So far, so good
[Verse 2]
Someone asked, "Who do you think you are?
Who pays your bills? How come you came this far?"
Shrugged him off and locked the door
So good, this far
[Chorus]
Now it almost seems impossible
We've drunk too much, and woke up everyone
I may be wrong, I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
[Verse 3]
I don't expect to talk in terms of sense
Our dignity and injured innocence
It contradicts your battle-scars
Still healed, so far
[Chorus]
Now it almost seems incredible
We've laughed too loud, and woke up everyone
I may be wrong, but I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
Now it almost seems impossible
We've found ourselves back where we started from
I may be wrong, I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
[Interlude]
[Outro]
I may be wrong, I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
Yesterday, remember how clear it seemed
In six inch heels, quoting magazines
Go all the way, you knew you could
So far, so good
[Verse 2]
Someone asked, "Who do you think you are?
Who pays your bills? How come you came this far?"
Shrugged him off and locked the door
So good, this far
[Chorus]
Now it almost seems impossible
We've drunk too much, and woke up everyone
I may be wrong, I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
[Verse 3]
I don't expect to talk in terms of sense
Our dignity and injured innocence
It contradicts your battle-scars
Still healed, so far
[Chorus]
Now it almost seems incredible
We've laughed too loud, and woke up everyone
I may be wrong, but I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
Now it almost seems impossible
We've found ourselves back where we started from
I may be wrong, I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
[Interlude]
[Outro]
I may be wrong, I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
more tracks from the album
Essential
- Love Comes Quickly (Dance Mix)
- We All Feel Better in the Dark (Extended Mix)
- Being Boring (Extended Mix)
- It’s Alright [7" Version]
- Left to My Own Devices [7" Version]
- Domino Dancing (Alternative U.S. Mix)
- In the Night (Arthur Baker’s Extended Mix) [12" Version]
- West End Girls (Dance Mix) [12" Version]
- Two Divided by Zero
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) [Original 7'’ Version]
- Paninaro
- It Couldn’t Happen Here
- That’s My Impression
From the albums
- Actually (1987)
- Essential (1998)
- 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
- All Over the World (This Is A Dub)
- After All
- Fugitive (Richard X Extended Mix)
- So Hard
- Breathing Space
- Radiophonic
- Memory of the Future