Released: November 12, 1990
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Harold Faltermeyer Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
"Dress in white" one said, with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
[Pre-Chorus]
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said, "We were never feeling bored
[Chorus]
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end"
[Verse 2]
When I went I left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said, "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
[Pre-Chorus]
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had scored
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored
[Chorus]
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend
[Verse 3]
Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
[Pre-Chorus]
I never dreamt that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me
[Chorus]
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend
[Outro]
And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We were never being bored
I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
"Dress in white" one said, with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
[Pre-Chorus]
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said, "We were never feeling bored
[Chorus]
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end"
[Verse 2]
When I went I left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said, "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
[Pre-Chorus]
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had scored
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored
[Chorus]
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend
[Verse 3]
Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
[Pre-Chorus]
I never dreamt that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me
[Chorus]
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend
[Outro]
And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We were never being bored
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- Go West [Album Version - PARTY Edit]
- What Have I Done to Deserve This? [PARTY Edit]
- Love Comes Quickly [PARTY Edit]
- West End Girls [Ten Inch Mix - PARTY Edit]
- Being Boring [7" Edit]
- Domino Dancing (7" Version)
- It’s Alright [7" Version]
- King of Rome
- It’s a Sin (Disco Mix) [12" Version]
- Paninaro
- Minimal (Radio Edit)
- Before [Single Edit]
- Home and Dry [Radio Edit]
- Love etc. [PARTY Edit]
From the albums
- Videography (The Singles Collection on Video) (1991)
- Discography (1991)
- PopArt: The Hits (2003)
- PopArt (The Videos) (2003)
- Story (25 Years of Hits) (2009)
- Party (2009)
- Ultimate (2010)
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