Released: April 1, 2002
Songwriter: Chris Zippel Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Chris Zippel
[Verse 1]
We came from the far north
Summered in Crimea
Deserted the armed forces
Had to disappear
Made it to the free West
On a chartered flight
So we could se what
We trained to fight
[Chorus]
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
Tell it like it is
[Verse 2]
Looking for hard work
Or credit card fraud
What do you expect from us?
We come from abroad
To get ourselves a new job
On a building-site
They work you so hard
But we trained to fight
[Chorus]
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
[Bridge]
My father fought in Afghanistan
His widow's pension ain't worth a damn
My mother works and goes home to cry
I want to live before I die
[Chorus]
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We came from the far north
Summered in Crimea
Deserted the armed forces
Had to disappear
Made it to the free West
On a chartered flight
So we could se what
We trained to fight
[Chorus]
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
Tell it like it is
[Verse 2]
Looking for hard work
Or credit card fraud
What do you expect from us?
We come from abroad
To get ourselves a new job
On a building-site
They work you so hard
But we trained to fight
[Chorus]
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
[Bridge]
My father fought in Afghanistan
His widow's pension ain't worth a damn
My mother works and goes home to cry
I want to live before I die
[Chorus]
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
Tell it like it is
more tracks from the album
Release: Further Listening 2001 – 2004
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- 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
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- Release (2002)
- Release: Further Listening 2001 – 2004 (2017)
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- 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