Pet Shop Boys

Released: April 1, 2002

Songwriter: Harold Darke Christina Rossetti Chris Lowe Neil Tennant

Producer: Pet Shop Boys

[Verse 1]
Birthday boy
Can't explain
Christmas Eve
He's born again
On the line
A broken train
Going nowhere
Endless rain
Birthday boy
So afraid
Plays the machines
In the arcade

[Chorus]
Oh baby do you remember
He's been through all this before
Spent the summer
Getting nowhere
Taking all of the blame
For the city
Calculating
From pain comes pity

[Verse 2]
Christmas Eve
A time of joy
If you believe
In Birthday boy
This time around
It's all a mistake
Is he deluded
Or just a fake?

[Chorus]
Oh baby do you remember
He's been through all this before
Spent the summer
Getting nowhere
Taking all of the blame
For the city
Calculating
From pain comes pity

[Bridge]
If you knew his name
Whould you feel the same?
If you knew his name?

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
Birthday boy
Stands apart
As the drama's
About to start
A quick betrayal
A speedy trial
As before
Complete denial

[Chorus]
Oh baby do you remember
He's been through all this before
Spent the summer
Getting nowhere
Taking all of the blame
For the city
Calculating
From pain comes pity

[Outro]
If you knew his name
Would you feel the same?

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo comprised of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Formed in London in 1981, they’ve released fourteen LPs–in addition to a myriad of theatrical, film, and ballet scores–and have charted forty-two UK Top 30 singles, four of them making it to number 1.

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