Released: March 29, 2004
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Tomcraft Stuart Crichton Felix Gauder Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
You live in a world of excess
Where more is more
And less is much less
A day without fame
Is a waste
And a question of need
Is a question of taste
[Chorus 1]
And you're so flamboyant
The way you look
It gets you so much attention
Your sole employment
Is getting more
You want police intervention
You're so flamboyant
The way you live
You really care that they stare
And the press deployment
Is always there
It's what you do for enjoyment
[Verse 2]
You live in a time of decay
When the worth of a man
Is how much he can play
Every day
All the public must know
Where you are, what you do
Cause your life is a show and
[Chorus 2]
You're so flamboyant
The way you live
And it's not even demeaning
You're so flamboyant
It's like a drug
You use to give your life meaning
You're so flamboyant
The way you look
It gets you so much attention
Your sole employment
Is getting more
You want police intervention
[Bridge]
Every actor needs
An audience
Every action is
A performance
It all takes courage
You know it
Just crossing the street
Well, it's almost heroic
You're so flamboyant
[Verse 3]
There you are
At another preview
In a pose
The artist and you
To look so loud
May be considered tacky
Collectors wear black clothes by Issey Miyake
[Chorus 1]
You're so flamboyant
The way you look
It gets you so much attention
Your sole employment
Is getting more
You want police intervention
You're so flamboyant
The way you live
You really care that they stare
And the press deployment
Is always there
It's what you do for enjoyment
[Outro]
You're so flamboyant
You're so flamboyant
You live in a world of excess
Where more is more
And less is much less
A day without fame
Is a waste
And a question of need
Is a question of taste
[Chorus 1]
And you're so flamboyant
The way you look
It gets you so much attention
Your sole employment
Is getting more
You want police intervention
You're so flamboyant
The way you live
You really care that they stare
And the press deployment
Is always there
It's what you do for enjoyment
[Verse 2]
You live in a time of decay
When the worth of a man
Is how much he can play
Every day
All the public must know
Where you are, what you do
Cause your life is a show and
[Chorus 2]
You're so flamboyant
The way you live
And it's not even demeaning
You're so flamboyant
It's like a drug
You use to give your life meaning
You're so flamboyant
The way you look
It gets you so much attention
Your sole employment
Is getting more
You want police intervention
[Bridge]
Every actor needs
An audience
Every action is
A performance
It all takes courage
You know it
Just crossing the street
Well, it's almost heroic
You're so flamboyant
[Verse 3]
There you are
At another preview
In a pose
The artist and you
To look so loud
May be considered tacky
Collectors wear black clothes by Issey Miyake
[Chorus 1]
You're so flamboyant
The way you look
It gets you so much attention
Your sole employment
Is getting more
You want police intervention
You're so flamboyant
The way you live
You really care that they stare
And the press deployment
Is always there
It's what you do for enjoyment
[Outro]
You're so flamboyant
You're so flamboyant
more tracks from the album
Release: Further Listening 2001 – 2004
- It’s a Sin (Barfly Version)
- Jack and Jill Party (Demo)
- No Excuse (Demo)
- A Powerful Friend
- Bright Young Things (Demo)
- Flamboyant [Single Mix]
- Love Life
- Here (PSB New Extended Mix)
- Always
- The Samurai In Autumn
- Baby (Demo)
- Flamboyant (Original Demo)
- Numb (Demo)
- Alone Again, Naturally
- If Looks Could Kill (John Peel Version)
- A Powerful Friend (John Peel Version)
- Kazak (Demo)
- Run, Girl, Run (Demo)
- Closer To Heaven (Slow Version)
- The Night is a Time to Explore Who You Are (Demo)
- Motoring (Demo)
- Reunion (Electro Mix)
- Between Two Islands
- Blue on Blue
- London
- In Private
- Home and Dry (Ambient Mix)
- Sexy Northerner
- Time On My Hands
- If Looks Could Kill
- Searching For the Face of Jesus
- Party Song
- You Choose
- Bright Young Things
- Love is a Catastrophe
- Here
- I Get Along
- Miracles
- Transparent
- Birthday Boy
- Try It (I’m In Love With a Married Man)
- Home and Dry
- I Didn’t Get Where I Am Today
- We’re The Pet Shop Boys
- The Night I Fell in Love
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