Released: September 27, 1999
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
[Chorus 1]
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself as I used to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself haunting me
[Verse 1]
It's an undistinguished room with a single bed
I used to share with you at the weekend
Books and records, new wave and disco
We'll go for a swim and then the Cafe Picasso
[Chorus 1]
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself as I used to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself haunting me
[Verse 2]
You can see them by the pub, rockabilly boys
Camera crews in Flood Street for the election
Mohicans, Sloanes, Clones go their own way
You packed up your stuff, I went to the V and A
[Chorus 1]
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself as I used to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself haunting me
[Chorus 2]
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself wondering what to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself searching for the key
[Bridge]
Haunted by my shy self, the things we used to do
The sudden ghost of myself getting it on with you
[Chorus 2]
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself wondering what to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself searching for the key
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself as I used to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself haunting me
[Verse 1]
It's an undistinguished room with a single bed
I used to share with you at the weekend
Books and records, new wave and disco
We'll go for a swim and then the Cafe Picasso
[Chorus 1]
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself as I used to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself haunting me
[Verse 2]
You can see them by the pub, rockabilly boys
Camera crews in Flood Street for the election
Mohicans, Sloanes, Clones go their own way
You packed up your stuff, I went to the V and A
[Chorus 1]
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself as I used to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself haunting me
[Chorus 2]
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself wondering what to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself searching for the key
[Bridge]
Haunted by my shy self, the things we used to do
The sudden ghost of myself getting it on with you
[Chorus 2]
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself wondering what to be
Looking back now, I can see
The ghost of myself searching for the key
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 albums
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