Released: October 14, 1991
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys Brothers in Rhythm
[Intro]
"Attention, attention...
Trente-neuf, quarante"
[Verse 1]
Imagine a war which everyone won
Permanent holiday in endless sun
Peace without wisdom, one steals to achieve
Relentlessly pretending to believe
Attitudes are materialistic
Positive or frankly realistic
Which is terribly old-fashioned, isn't it?
Or isn't it?
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
Dance with me
(DJ culture)
Let's pretend
Living in a satellite fantasy
Waiting for the night to end
(DJ, D...)
[Verse 2]
Let's pretend we won a war
Like a football match, ten-nil the score
Anything's possible, we're on the same side
Or otherwise on trial for our lives
I've been around the world for a number of reasons
I've seen it all, the change of seasons
And I, my lord, may I say nothing?
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
Dance with me
(DJ culture)
Let's pretend
Living in a satellite fantasy
Waiting for the night to end
(DJ culture)
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
Dance with me
(DJ culture)
Let's pretend
Living in a satellite fantasy
Wondering who's your friend
(DJ culture)
[Bridge]
Now, as a matter of pride
Indulge yourself, your every mood
No feast days or fast days or days of abstinence intrude
[Verse 3]
Consider for a minute
Who you are, what you'd like to change
Never mind the scars
Bury the past, empty the shelf
Decide it's time to reinvent yourself
Like Liz before Betty, she after Sean
Suddenly you're missing, then you're reborn
And I, my lord, may I say nothing?
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
"Une fois!"
(DJ culture)
"Deux fois!"
Living in a satellite fantasy
Waiting for the night to end
(DJ culture)
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
Dance with me
(DJ culture)
Let's pretend
Living in a satellite fantasy
Wondering who's your friend
(DJ culture)
[Outro]
(DJ culture, DJ culture)
And I, my lord, may I say nothing?
Living in a satellite fantasy
Waiting for the night to end
(DJ culture)
"Attention, attention...
Trente-neuf, quarante"
[Verse 1]
Imagine a war which everyone won
Permanent holiday in endless sun
Peace without wisdom, one steals to achieve
Relentlessly pretending to believe
Attitudes are materialistic
Positive or frankly realistic
Which is terribly old-fashioned, isn't it?
Or isn't it?
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
Dance with me
(DJ culture)
Let's pretend
Living in a satellite fantasy
Waiting for the night to end
(DJ, D...)
[Verse 2]
Let's pretend we won a war
Like a football match, ten-nil the score
Anything's possible, we're on the same side
Or otherwise on trial for our lives
I've been around the world for a number of reasons
I've seen it all, the change of seasons
And I, my lord, may I say nothing?
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
Dance with me
(DJ culture)
Let's pretend
Living in a satellite fantasy
Waiting for the night to end
(DJ culture)
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
Dance with me
(DJ culture)
Let's pretend
Living in a satellite fantasy
Wondering who's your friend
(DJ culture)
[Bridge]
Now, as a matter of pride
Indulge yourself, your every mood
No feast days or fast days or days of abstinence intrude
[Verse 3]
Consider for a minute
Who you are, what you'd like to change
Never mind the scars
Bury the past, empty the shelf
Decide it's time to reinvent yourself
Like Liz before Betty, she after Sean
Suddenly you're missing, then you're reborn
And I, my lord, may I say nothing?
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
"Une fois!"
(DJ culture)
"Deux fois!"
Living in a satellite fantasy
Waiting for the night to end
(DJ culture)
[Chorus]
(DJ culture)
Dance with me
(DJ culture)
Let's pretend
Living in a satellite fantasy
Wondering who's your friend
(DJ culture)
[Outro]
(DJ culture, DJ culture)
And I, my lord, may I say nothing?
Living in a satellite fantasy
Waiting for the night to end
(DJ culture)
more tracks from the album
PopArt (The Videos)
- Home and Dry [Video Mix]
- Being Boring [7" Edit]
- Domino Dancing (7" Version)
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version)
- So Hard (Extended Dance Mix)
- It’s Alright [7" Version]
- Left to My Own Devices [7" Version]
- Rent [7" Version]
- Was It Worth It? [Video Mix]
- West End Girls [7"Version]
- Suburbia [Video Mix]
- Go West [Ming’s Gone West (First and Second Movement) - Video Edit]
- London [Video Mix]
- Somewhere [Video Mix]
- A Red Letter Day [Single Version]
- Single-Bilingual [Video Mix]
- Se a Vida É (That’s the Way Life Is) [Video Mix]
- I Get Along/E-Mail
- I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Anymore [Radio Edit]
- How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? [Single Version]
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) [Original 7'’ Version]
- Heart [Video Mix]
- So Hard
- You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
- Domino Dancing
- Can You Forgive Her?
- Before [Single Edit]
- Paninaro ’95
- Love Comes Quickly
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Paninaro
- DJ Culture
- Always on My Mind [Video Mix]
- Jealousy [7" Version]
- New York City Boy [Radio Edit]
- I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing [7" Version]
- Go West [Video Mix]
- Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)
- Liberation
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
From the albums
- Videography (The Singles Collection on Video) (1991)
- Discography (1991)
- Behaviour: Further Listening 1990 – 1991 (2001)
- PopArt: The Hits (2003)
- PopArt (The Videos) (2003)
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