Released: March 23, 2009
Featuring: Philip Oakey
Songwriter: Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Producer: Brian Higgins Xenomania
[Verse 1: Neil Tennant]
I can remember when this was the future
Where it was gonna be at back then
Why don't we tear the whole bloody lot down
And make a new start all over again?
[Verse 2: Chris Lowe]
I can recall utopian thinking
Bold mission statements and tightening of belts
Demolition of familiar landmarks
Promises made and deals that were dealt
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
This used to be the future
Where it was at back then
Let's tear the whole bloody lot down
And start all over again
[Bridge: Phil Oakey and Neil Tennant]
But that future was exciting
Science fiction made fact
Now all we have to look forward to
Is a sort of suicide pact
Was it the dear old future
That created the problems we face?
How do we deal with the fallout
Of the age we used to call space?
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant and Phil Oakey]
I can remember planning for leisure
Living in peace and freedom from fear
Science that promised to make us a new world
Religion and prejudice disappear
[Verse 4: Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe]
I can remember when this was the future
Where it was gonna be at back then
Now religion and nuclear energy have united
To threaten, oh God! Amen
[Bridge: Phil Oakey and Neil Tennant]
This used to be the future
Where it was at back then
Now religion and nuclear energy have united
Oh God! Amen
Was it the dear old future
That created the problems we face?
How do we deal with the fallout
Of the age we used to call space?
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
This used to be the future
Where it was at back then
Let's tear the whole bloody lot down
And start all over again
[Spoken Outro: Phil Oakey]
Amen
I can remember when this was the future
Where it was gonna be at back then
Why don't we tear the whole bloody lot down
And make a new start all over again?
[Verse 2: Chris Lowe]
I can recall utopian thinking
Bold mission statements and tightening of belts
Demolition of familiar landmarks
Promises made and deals that were dealt
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
This used to be the future
Where it was at back then
Let's tear the whole bloody lot down
And start all over again
[Bridge: Phil Oakey and Neil Tennant]
But that future was exciting
Science fiction made fact
Now all we have to look forward to
Is a sort of suicide pact
Was it the dear old future
That created the problems we face?
How do we deal with the fallout
Of the age we used to call space?
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant and Phil Oakey]
I can remember planning for leisure
Living in peace and freedom from fear
Science that promised to make us a new world
Religion and prejudice disappear
[Verse 4: Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe]
I can remember when this was the future
Where it was gonna be at back then
Now religion and nuclear energy have united
To threaten, oh God! Amen
[Bridge: Phil Oakey and Neil Tennant]
This used to be the future
Where it was at back then
Now religion and nuclear energy have united
Oh God! Amen
Was it the dear old future
That created the problems we face?
How do we deal with the fallout
Of the age we used to call space?
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
This used to be the future
Where it was at back then
Let's tear the whole bloody lot down
And start all over again
[Spoken Outro: Phil Oakey]
Amen
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
- All Over the World (This Is A Dub)
- After All
- Fugitive (Richard X Extended Mix)
- So Hard
- Breathing Space
- Radiophonic
- Memory of the Future