Released: October 11, 1988
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: David Jacob Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
Your life's a mystery, mine is an open book
If I could read your mind, I think I'd take a look
I don't care, baby, I'm not scared
[Verse 2]
What have you got to fight? What do you need to prove?
You're always telling lies and that's the only truth
I don't care, baby, I'm not scared
[Chorus]
Tonight the streets are full of actors
I don't know why
Oh, take these dogs away from me
Before they, they bite
[Verse 3]
What have you got to say of shadows in your past?
I thought that if you paid, you'd keep them off our backs
But I don't care, baby, I'm not scared
[Verse 4]
What have you got to hide? Who will it compromise?
Where do we have to be so I can laugh and you'll be free?
I'd go anywhere, baby, I don't care
I'm not scared
[Interlude]
I don't care, baby, I'm not scared
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
Tonight the streets are full of actors
I don't know why
Oh, take these dogs away from me
Before they, they bite
[Chorus]
Tonight I thought I'd made my mind up
I know it's right
I know these dogs still snap around us
But I can, I can fight
[Bridge]
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do, you
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do, you
[Outro]
I'm not scared, baby, I don't care
I'd go anywhere. baby, I'm not scared
I'm not scared, no, I'm not scared
Your life's a mystery, mine is an open book
If I could read your mind, I think I'd take a look
I don't care, baby, I'm not scared
[Verse 2]
What have you got to fight? What do you need to prove?
You're always telling lies and that's the only truth
I don't care, baby, I'm not scared
[Chorus]
Tonight the streets are full of actors
I don't know why
Oh, take these dogs away from me
Before they, they bite
[Verse 3]
What have you got to say of shadows in your past?
I thought that if you paid, you'd keep them off our backs
But I don't care, baby, I'm not scared
[Verse 4]
What have you got to hide? Who will it compromise?
Where do we have to be so I can laugh and you'll be free?
I'd go anywhere, baby, I don't care
I'm not scared
[Interlude]
I don't care, baby, I'm not scared
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
Tonight the streets are full of actors
I don't know why
Oh, take these dogs away from me
Before they, they bite
[Chorus]
Tonight I thought I'd made my mind up
I know it's right
I know these dogs still snap around us
But I can, I can fight
[Bridge]
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do, you
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do
If I was you, if I was you
I wouldn't treat me the way you do, you
[Outro]
I'm not scared, baby, I don't care
I'd go anywhere. baby, I'm not scared
I'm not scared, no, I'm not scared
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- Introspective (1988)
- Introspective: Further Listening 1988 – 1989 (2001)
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- 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