Released: April 22, 1996
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
Parked inside the lay-by
Their destination can wait
Dancing in the moonlight
The truck-driver and his mate
[Verse 2]
Acting out of compulsion
After hours sitting in the van
Taking coals to Newcastle
Talking man to man
Loyal to the point of madness
Solemn as an act of fate
Dancing in the moonlight
The truck-driver and his mate
[Interlude]
[Outro]
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver and his mate
(If it makes you feel good)
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver and his mate
(If it makes you feel good)
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver...
Parked inside the lay-by
Their destination can wait
Dancing in the moonlight
The truck-driver and his mate
[Verse 2]
Acting out of compulsion
After hours sitting in the van
Taking coals to Newcastle
Talking man to man
Loyal to the point of madness
Solemn as an act of fate
Dancing in the moonlight
The truck-driver and his mate
[Interlude]
[Outro]
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver and his mate
(If it makes you feel good)
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver and his mate
(If it makes you feel good)
The truck-driver and his mate
The truck-driver...
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)
- 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