Released: March 29, 2004
Songwriter: David Lambert Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
Why did I listen to that music?
It's made me feel so sad
And brought it home to me once more
I want what I cannot have
When you can't get what you want
You still have all the rest
But isn't it sad to settle for second-best?
[Chorus 1]
I've been waiting at home
For someone to phone
I didn't get where I am today
Without living that old cliche
I've been lying in bed
The sheets over my head
I didn't get where I am today
Without giving up in dismay
Hey hey hey
[Verse 2]
Told everyone I'm over it
I've quit this cul-de-sac
But just when I thought
I'd lost it for good
That feeling comes right back
When you can't get what you want
You wear your bravest face
But deep inside you're sinking without a trace
[Chorus 2]
I've been called repressed
A poet, a pest
I didn't get where I am today
Without getting in someone's way
I live my life on a stage
Put it down on the page
I didn't get where I am today
Without writing a resume
I didn't get where I am today
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
[Interlude]
[Chorus 3]
I didn't get where I am today
I didn't get where I am today
I've explored situations
Hey hey hey
The themes and variations
Hey hey hey
I didn't get where I am today
Without losing it on the way
On the Street of Shame
Hey hey hey
Looking for someone to blame
Hey hey hey
I didn't get where I am today
Without leaving in disarray
I didn't get where I am today
Hey hey hey
Why did I listen to that music?
It's made me feel so sad
And brought it home to me once more
I want what I cannot have
When you can't get what you want
You still have all the rest
But isn't it sad to settle for second-best?
[Chorus 1]
I've been waiting at home
For someone to phone
I didn't get where I am today
Without living that old cliche
I've been lying in bed
The sheets over my head
I didn't get where I am today
Without giving up in dismay
Hey hey hey
[Verse 2]
Told everyone I'm over it
I've quit this cul-de-sac
But just when I thought
I'd lost it for good
That feeling comes right back
When you can't get what you want
You wear your bravest face
But deep inside you're sinking without a trace
[Chorus 2]
I've been called repressed
A poet, a pest
I didn't get where I am today
Without getting in someone's way
I live my life on a stage
Put it down on the page
I didn't get where I am today
Without writing a resume
I didn't get where I am today
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
[Interlude]
[Chorus 3]
I didn't get where I am today
I didn't get where I am today
I've explored situations
Hey hey hey
The themes and variations
Hey hey hey
I didn't get where I am today
Without losing it on the way
On the Street of Shame
Hey hey hey
Looking for someone to blame
Hey hey hey
I didn't get where I am today
Without leaving in disarray
I didn't get where I am today
Hey hey hey
more tracks from the album
Format: B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996-2009
- The Calm Before The Storm
- I Didn’t Get Where I Am Today
- Gin and Jag
- Nightlife
- Transparent
- How I Learned to Hate Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Up and Down
- Delusions of Grandeur
- Betrayed
- After the Event
- Blue on Blue
- Between Two Islands
- The Former Enfant Terrible
- Disco Potential
- Always
- Confidential (Demo for Tina)
- In the Night (1995)
- Casting a Shadow
- We’re The Pet Shop Boys
- Discoteca (New Version)
- The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On
- Party Song
- Searching For the Face of Jesus
- Friendly Fire
- We’re All Criminals Now
- Girls Don’t Cry
- The Resurrectionist
- The Truck-Driver and His Mate
- Sexy Northerner
- The Ghost of Myself
- Silver Age
- Screaming
- In Private
- Bright Young Things
- View From Your Balcony
- Hit and Miss
- Lies
- No Time for Tears (Single 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
- All Over the World (This Is A Dub)
- After All
- Fugitive (Richard X Extended Mix)
- So Hard
- Breathing Space
- Radiophonic
- Memory of the Future