Released: April 1, 2002
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
He's gone
You've lost
Stay behind
And count the cost
You try
You lose
You don't fall in love by chance
You choose
[Verse 2]
It's a decision
Made over time
Should you take a risk
And start to climb
The steepest hill
Only to find
Halfway there
You've been left behind?
[Verse 3]
Choosing to love
Is risking a lot
And trying to change
And to give all you've got
But don't pretend
It comes out of the blue
You take a chance
And see it through
And if it's refused
What can you do?
Continue hopefully?
Start anew?
[Verse 4]
Lick your wounds
Buy your booze
You won't get drunk by accident
You'll choose
Don't blame him
For refusing your bid
He didn't decide to love
You did
[Verse 5]
Learn the lesson
Take the blows
You didn't fall in love by chance
You chose
Play the sad songs
Sing the blues
You don't fall in love by chance
You choose
[Outro]
You choose
He's gone
You've lost
Stay behind
And count the cost
You try
You lose
You don't fall in love by chance
You choose
[Verse 2]
It's a decision
Made over time
Should you take a risk
And start to climb
The steepest hill
Only to find
Halfway there
You've been left behind?
[Verse 3]
Choosing to love
Is risking a lot
And trying to change
And to give all you've got
But don't pretend
It comes out of the blue
You take a chance
And see it through
And if it's refused
What can you do?
Continue hopefully?
Start anew?
[Verse 4]
Lick your wounds
Buy your booze
You won't get drunk by accident
You'll choose
Don't blame him
For refusing your bid
He didn't decide to love
You did
[Verse 5]
Learn the lesson
Take the blows
You didn't fall in love by chance
You chose
Play the sad songs
Sing the blues
You don't fall in love by chance
You choose
[Outro]
You choose
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
- Release (2002)
- Release: Further Listening 2001 – 2004 (2017)
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