Released: July 28, 2017
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
I have to admit
I’m an absolute shit
At least you can’t call me
A hypocrite
I don’t want fame
Or the critics’ acclaim
Take it from me
That’s a pointless game
I’ve got a minder
A chauffeur, a flunkey
’cause I’m the organ-grinder
Not the monkey
[Chorus]
Call me old-fashioned
At least I know what I like
Call me old-fashioned
If you’re so wet
Why don’t you get
On your bike?
Call me old-fashioned
At least I’m moving ahead
Call me old-fashioned
If I can’t charm you
I’ll just strong-arm you
To bed
[Verse 2]
The moment I see you with your trousers dropped
Will be as rewarding as just having shopped
All of the names that I’ve spent years collecting
They’re the only things that are worth respecting
Prada and Porsche and Philippe Starck
The only little problem is where to park
[Chorus]
Call me old-fashioned
You’re all so quick to condemn
Call me old-fashioned
Until you learn
How much I earn
And I spend
Call me old-fashioned
And I’ve been called worse than muck
Call me old-fashioned
But understand
What I’ve got planned
Won’t be luck
[Bridge]
Sex is fun and sex sells, honey
A shiny dream to make me money
Where the sea is blue, the sky is sunny
Love is hot and surprisingly
[Chorus]
Old-fashioned
I’ll make love down the phone
Call me tomorrow
I’ll give you breaks
I’ll be as long as it takes to your home
Call me old-fashioned
At least I’m moving ahead
Call me old-fashioned
If I can’t charm you
I’ll just strong-arm you
To bed
Where you can be
Old-fashioned
With me
I have to admit
I’m an absolute shit
At least you can’t call me
A hypocrite
I don’t want fame
Or the critics’ acclaim
Take it from me
That’s a pointless game
I’ve got a minder
A chauffeur, a flunkey
’cause I’m the organ-grinder
Not the monkey
[Chorus]
Call me old-fashioned
At least I know what I like
Call me old-fashioned
If you’re so wet
Why don’t you get
On your bike?
Call me old-fashioned
At least I’m moving ahead
Call me old-fashioned
If I can’t charm you
I’ll just strong-arm you
To bed
[Verse 2]
The moment I see you with your trousers dropped
Will be as rewarding as just having shopped
All of the names that I’ve spent years collecting
They’re the only things that are worth respecting
Prada and Porsche and Philippe Starck
The only little problem is where to park
[Chorus]
Call me old-fashioned
You’re all so quick to condemn
Call me old-fashioned
Until you learn
How much I earn
And I spend
Call me old-fashioned
And I’ve been called worse than muck
Call me old-fashioned
But understand
What I’ve got planned
Won’t be luck
[Bridge]
Sex is fun and sex sells, honey
A shiny dream to make me money
Where the sea is blue, the sky is sunny
Love is hot and surprisingly
[Chorus]
Old-fashioned
I’ll make love down the phone
Call me tomorrow
I’ll give you breaks
I’ll be as long as it takes to your home
Call me old-fashioned
At least I’m moving ahead
Call me old-fashioned
If I can’t charm you
I’ll just strong-arm you
To bed
Where you can be
Old-fashioned
With me
more tracks from the album
Nightlife: Further Listening 1996 – 2000
- In Denial
- Closer to Heaven
- It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas (Fan Club Mix)
- Nightlife
- Positive Role Model
- For All of Us (Demo)
- Casting a Shadow
- Paris City Boy (Full French)
- Believe / Song for Guy
- Vampires (Demo)
- For All of Us
- Somebody Else’s Business (Extended Mix)
- I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More (The PSB Extension)
- Call Me Old-Fashioned (Demo)
- Playing in the Streets
- Tall Thin Man
- Radiophonic
- You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
- New York City Boy
- Boy Strange
- Somebody Else’s Business
- Friendly Fire
- The Ghost of Myself
- Footsteps
- Sail Away
- Silver Age
- Screaming
- For Your Own Good
- The Only One
- Happiness is an Option
- Lies
- I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Anymore
- Vampires
- Radiophonic (Demo)
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