Songwriter: Wayne Thompson Victor Willis Tim Powell Owen Parker Miranda Cooper Johnny Christopher Jacques Morali Henri Belolo Brian Higgins Allee Willis Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
Suburbia
[Verse]
Lost in the high street, where the dogs run
Roaming suburban boys
Mother's got her hairdo to be done
She says they’re too old for toys
[Chorus]
Let's take a ride
And run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
Love, etc
[Verse]
Boy, it’s tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine
And a boy needs a girl
It's about getting out of a rut
You need luck
But you're stuck and you don't know how
[Chorus]
Don't have to be
A big bucks Hollywood star
Don't have to drive
A super car to get far
Don't have to live
A life of power and wealth
Don’t have to be
Beautiful but it helps
[Post-Chorus]
You need more than a big blank cheque to be a lover or
A Gulfstream jet to fly you door to door
Somewhere chic on another shore
You need more, you need more, you need more
You need more, you need more, you need more, you need love
Left to My Own Devices
[Interlude]
I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat!
Always On My Mind
[Verse]
Maybe I didn’t treat you
Quite as good as I should
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could
[Pre-Chorus]
Little things I should have said and done
I never took the time
[Chorus]
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
[Post-Chorus]
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn’t died
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
Satisfied
Go West
[Verse]
Together
We will go our way
Together
We will leave someday
Together
Your hand in my hand
Together
We will make our plans
[Chorus]
Go west
Life is peaceful there
Go west
In the open air
Go west
Where the skies are blue
Go west
This is what we're gonna do
Opportunities (Let's Make Money)
[Interlude]
Money!
What Have I Done To Deserve This
[Pre-Chorus]
I bought you drinks, I brought you flowers
I read your books and talked for hours
Every day, so many drinks
Such pretty flowers, so tell me
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
What have I, what have I, what have I
[Chorus]
Since you went away I've been hanging around
I’ve been wondering why I'm feeling down
You went away, it should make me feel better
But I don't know how I'm gonna get through
How I'm gonna get through?
Domino Dancing / I'm With Stupid
[Interlude]
All Day, All Day!
I'm With Stupid
All Day, All Day!
I'm With Stupid
Being Boring
[Chorus]
We were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend
When I look back upon my life
It's a Sin
[Verse 1]
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common too
[Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin!
All Over the World
[Verse]
We feel it
All around us everyday
In the music that we play
[Chorus]
This is a song
About boys and girls
You hear it
Playing all over the world
This is a song
About boys and girls
You hear it
Playing all over the world!
West End Girls
[Verse 1]
Sometimes you're better off dead
There's a gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant in a West End town
Call the police, there's a madman around
[Chorus]
In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
A West End town, a dead end world
East End boys, West End girl
[Outro]
West End girls
West End girls
West End girls
West End girls
Girls
West End girls
Girls
West End girls
[Verse]
Lost in the high street, where the dogs run
Roaming suburban boys
Mother's got her hairdo to be done
She says they’re too old for toys
[Chorus]
Let's take a ride
And run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
Love, etc
[Verse]
Boy, it’s tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine
And a boy needs a girl
It's about getting out of a rut
You need luck
But you're stuck and you don't know how
[Chorus]
Don't have to be
A big bucks Hollywood star
Don't have to drive
A super car to get far
Don't have to live
A life of power and wealth
Don’t have to be
Beautiful but it helps
[Post-Chorus]
You need more than a big blank cheque to be a lover or
A Gulfstream jet to fly you door to door
Somewhere chic on another shore
You need more, you need more, you need more
You need more, you need more, you need more, you need love
Left to My Own Devices
[Interlude]
I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat!
Always On My Mind
[Verse]
Maybe I didn’t treat you
Quite as good as I should
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could
[Pre-Chorus]
Little things I should have said and done
I never took the time
[Chorus]
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
[Post-Chorus]
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn’t died
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
Satisfied
Go West
[Verse]
Together
We will go our way
Together
We will leave someday
Together
Your hand in my hand
Together
We will make our plans
[Chorus]
Go west
Life is peaceful there
Go west
In the open air
Go west
Where the skies are blue
Go west
This is what we're gonna do
Opportunities (Let's Make Money)
[Interlude]
Money!
What Have I Done To Deserve This
[Pre-Chorus]
I bought you drinks, I brought you flowers
I read your books and talked for hours
Every day, so many drinks
Such pretty flowers, so tell me
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
What have I, what have I, what have I
[Chorus]
Since you went away I've been hanging around
I’ve been wondering why I'm feeling down
You went away, it should make me feel better
But I don't know how I'm gonna get through
How I'm gonna get through?
Domino Dancing / I'm With Stupid
[Interlude]
All Day, All Day!
I'm With Stupid
All Day, All Day!
I'm With Stupid
Being Boring
[Chorus]
We were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend
When I look back upon my life
It's a Sin
[Verse 1]
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common too
[Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin!
All Over the World
[Verse]
We feel it
All around us everyday
In the music that we play
[Chorus]
This is a song
About boys and girls
You hear it
Playing all over the world
This is a song
About boys and girls
You hear it
Playing all over the world!
West End Girls
[Verse 1]
Sometimes you're better off dead
There's a gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant in a West End town
Call the police, there's a madman around
[Chorus]
In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
A West End town, a dead end world
East End boys, West End girl
[Outro]
West End girls
West End girls
West End girls
West End girls
Girls
West End girls
Girls
West End girls
more tracks from the album
Yes: Further Listening 2008 – 2010
- I Cried for Us
- This Used to Be the Future
- King of Rome
- It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas (New Version)
- All Over the World (New Version)
- Did You See Me Coming?
- Gin and Jag (Frisky Mix)
- Beautiful People (Demo)
- The Loving Kind (Monitor Mix)
- Love etc. (PSB Mix)
- Did You See Me Coming? (PSB Possibly More Mix)
- The Former Enfant Terrible (PSB Bring It On Mix)
- “Brits” Medley
- Leaving (Demo)
- The Dumpling Song (Demo From My Dad’s A Birdman)
- Wings And Faith (Demo From My Dad’s A Birdman)
- The Way It Used to Be
- Pandemonium
- More Than a Dream
- Legacy
- Vulnerable
- We’re All Criminals Now
- My Girl
- All Over the World
- Beautiful People
- Glad All Over
- My Girl (Our House Mix)
- Viva La Vida / Domino Dancing
- Building a Wall
- Gin and Jag
- Together
- Love etc.
- Up and Down
- Night Song (Fan Club Download 2010)
From the album
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