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
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