Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
A brave face
Stiff upper lip
Will do the trick
Look
The mask is firm
The face is mine
It seems fine
Until the final day
I'll play this part
The only way
I can
For to live
I have to give
The performance of my life
What's the truth?
Well I won't bore you
With the truth
I knew
It would be tough
Right from day one
But you go on
Until the final day
I'll play this part
The only way
I can
For to live
I have to give
The performance of my life
Made it to the top
Although the road was steep
And there I had a dream
A vision of love
Revealed in sleep
Right on cue
I fell in love with you
You caused
Many a tear
But I had applause
I had a career
Until the final day
I'll play this part
The only way
I can
For to live
I have to give
The performance of my life
Stiff upper lip
Will do the trick
Look
The mask is firm
The face is mine
It seems fine
Until the final day
I'll play this part
The only way
I can
For to live
I have to give
The performance of my life
What's the truth?
Well I won't bore you
With the truth
I knew
It would be tough
Right from day one
But you go on
Until the final day
I'll play this part
The only way
I can
For to live
I have to give
The performance of my life
Made it to the top
Although the road was steep
And there I had a dream
A vision of love
Revealed in sleep
Right on cue
I fell in love with you
You caused
Many a tear
But I had applause
I had a career
Until the final day
I'll play this part
The only way
I can
For to live
I have to give
The performance of my life
more tracks from the album
Fundamental: Further Listening 2005 – 2007
- Twentieth Century
- I’m With Stupid
- After the Event
- The Former Enfant Terrible
- A Certain ‘Je ne sais quoi’
- Ring Road (Demo)
- The Performance of My Life (Demo)
- One-Way Street (Demo)
- Dancing in the Dusk (Demo)
- Transfer
- The Sodom and Gomorrah Show (Original Demo)
- No Time For Tears (Orchestral Mix)
- God Willing (Original Full-Length Mix)
- Numb (Single Edit)
- Numb
- Integral (PSB Perfect Immaculate Mix)
- Psychological
- I Made My Excuses and Left
- Luna Park
- Girls Don’t Cry
- The Resurrectionist
- God Willing
- The Sodom and Gomorrah Show
- One Night
- Indefinite Leave to Remain
- Fugitive (Richard X Extended Mix)
- Casanova in Hell
- Integral
- Minimal
- Integral (PSB Perfect Immaculate 7" Mix)
From the album
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