Released: April 12, 2019
Songwriter: Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Producer: David Wooley Stuart Price
[Spoken Intro]
OK, we're going to do another old song-- but in a new version
[Verse 1]
I get out of bed at half past ten
And phone up a friend who's a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping
One day I'll read or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test you can beat the rest
But I don't like to compete or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal
[Chorus]
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
[Verse 2]
Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang if you want to belong
I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete or play out on the street
For in a secret life I was a roundhead general
[Chorus]
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Oh, I would
Yes I would
Oh, I would
[Bridge]
I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would I write a book or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
Ché Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat
[Verse 3]
It's not a crime when you look the way you do
The way I like to picture you
When I get home it's late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight
Turn off the TV, look at a book
Pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe I'll sit up all night and day
Waiting for the minute I hear you say
[Chorus]
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on, baby, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I tried
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on, baby
Oh, I would
Yes I would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
[Spoken Outro]
The Super dancers!
OK, we're going to do another old song-- but in a new version
[Verse 1]
I get out of bed at half past ten
And phone up a friend who's a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping
One day I'll read or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test you can beat the rest
But I don't like to compete or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal
[Chorus]
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
[Verse 2]
Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang if you want to belong
I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete or play out on the street
For in a secret life I was a roundhead general
[Chorus]
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Oh, I would
Yes I would
Oh, I would
[Bridge]
I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would I write a book or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
Ché Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat
[Verse 3]
It's not a crime when you look the way you do
The way I like to picture you
When I get home it's late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight
Turn off the TV, look at a book
Pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe I'll sit up all night and day
Waiting for the minute I hear you say
[Chorus]
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on, baby, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I tried
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on, baby
Oh, I would
Yes I would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
[Spoken Outro]
The Super dancers!
more tracks from the album
Inner Sanctum (Live At The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Inner Sanctum (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Always On My Mind (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Domino Dancing (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Heart / Go West (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Left to My Own Devices (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Vocal / The Sodom and Gomorrah Show (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Home and Dry / The Enigma (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- West End Girls (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- The Dictator Decides / Inside a Dream (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Love etc. (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Love Comes Quickly (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Se A Vida É (That’s The Way Life Is) [Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018]
- New York City Boy (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Love is Bourgeois Construct (Live at the Royal Opera House, 2018)
- The Pop Kids / In The Night / Burn (Live at the Royal Opera House, 2018)
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) [Live at the Royal Opera House, 2018]
- The Pop Kids (Reprise) [Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018]
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
- 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