Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
Pity him, the former
Enfant terrible
His career in aspic
Bent on pleasure
Gamely attempting
The tricky transition
From ageing outrage
To national treasure
"Gimme a bandwagon and I'll jump on it!
A drum to bang and I'll thump on it!
Criticism and I'll dump on it!
If you don't like it you'll be lumpin' it!"
He won't rest while there are
Cameras around
He'll start a quarrel
For the moral high-ground
It's not enough to win a brace of top awards
He won't be happy till he's in the House of Lords
"Gimme a bandwagon and I'll jump on it!
A drum to bang and I'll thump on it!
Criticism and I'll dump on it!
If you don't like it you'll be lumpin' it!"
At self-promotion he's a master
Although the midweek's a disaster
They used to fix things so much easier
The good old days were fun and sleazier
Pity him, pity him, pity him, pity him
Pity him, the former
Enfant terrible
His career in aspic
Bent on pleasure
Gamely attempting
The tricky transition
From ageing outrage
To national treasure
"Gimme a bandwagon and I'll jump on it!
A drum to bang and I'll thump on it!
Criticism and I'll dump on it!
If you don't like it you'll be lumpin' it!"
Enfant terrible
His career in aspic
Bent on pleasure
Gamely attempting
The tricky transition
From ageing outrage
To national treasure
"Gimme a bandwagon and I'll jump on it!
A drum to bang and I'll thump on it!
Criticism and I'll dump on it!
If you don't like it you'll be lumpin' it!"
He won't rest while there are
Cameras around
He'll start a quarrel
For the moral high-ground
It's not enough to win a brace of top awards
He won't be happy till he's in the House of Lords
"Gimme a bandwagon and I'll jump on it!
A drum to bang and I'll thump on it!
Criticism and I'll dump on it!
If you don't like it you'll be lumpin' it!"
At self-promotion he's a master
Although the midweek's a disaster
They used to fix things so much easier
The good old days were fun and sleazier
Pity him, pity him, pity him, pity him
Pity him, the former
Enfant terrible
His career in aspic
Bent on pleasure
Gamely attempting
The tricky transition
From ageing outrage
To national treasure
"Gimme a bandwagon and I'll jump on it!
A drum to bang and I'll thump on it!
Criticism and I'll dump on it!
If you don't like it you'll be lumpin' it!"
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