Pet Shop Boys

Released: September 27, 1993

Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant

Producer: Pet Shop Boys

[Intro]
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)

[Verse 1]
It's another world here
The streets are gleaming
I was even dreaming
That they're paved with gold
Seventeen
At half-past ten
All the crowds are surging past
An electric display

[Verse 2]
There's another world here
Below shop windows
Upon the pavement
Where you wave goodbye
Boys and girls come to roost
From Northern parts
And Scottish towns
Will we catch your eye?

[Chorus]
While you pretend not to notice
All the years we've been here
We're the bums you step over
As you leave the Theatre
(Yeah!)

[Verse 3]
It's another world here
Somebody is singing
I was only wishing
For a bit of cash
From a patron
Of the arts
Or at least the Phantom of the Opera
Will I catch your eye?

[Chorus]
While you pretend not to notice
All the years we've been here
We're the bums you step over
As you leave the Theatre
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)

[Bridge]
Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody
Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

[Verse 4]
Pavarotti in the park
Then you walked
Back up the Strand
Did you catch my eye?

[Chorus]
And then pretend not to notice
All the years we've been here
We're the bums you step over
As you leave the Theatre
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)
In the end, you pretend
'Cause it's so much easier
We're the bums you step over
As you leave the Theatre
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)

[Outro]
We're the bums you step over
As you leave the Theatre
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)

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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