Released: November 27, 1981
Songwriter: Dave Ball Marc Almond
Producer: Mike Thorne
Trying to please
All these people around me
Is trying to reach for the moon
(The Moon)
I see their faces looking so empty saying
I hope that they'll finish soon
(So Soon)
Could be a chat show
(Yap Yap Yap)
Could be a go go
Reaction would be the same
(The Same)
So here I go though
Why I don't know
Trying to prove myself again
Entertain me
I'm as blank as can be
And I've seen it before
And I've done it before
And I think that I like it
But no I don't like it
It just goes on over and over
And over and over and over again
I try to give them all of my best
And it's taking a turn for the worst
(Oh No)
Things going wrong
Start to sing the wrong song
I think that we must be cursed
(You Betcha)
Playing the wrong tune
Hitting the wrong note
This is where my nerves become frayed
It's falling apart
Why did we ever start
And do you think we'll be paid
(No No)
Entertain me
I'm as blank as can be
And I've seen it before
And I've done it before
And I think that I like it
But no I don't like it
It just goes on over and over
And over and over and over again
Over and over again
Build 'em up, knock 'em down (x5)
I see a movement
Down in the front row
Maybe it's just a mistake
She's smiling at me
(Hello)
But he's frowning at me
(Goodbye)
Which conclusion
Do I make
Fold all your arms
And look straight ahead
At this puppet on a string
You're feeling confused
But you've made a decision
You don't like anything
Entertain me
I'm as blank as can be
And I've seen it before
And I've done it before
And I think that I like it
But no I don't like it
It just goes on over and over
And over and over and over and over and over again
Build 'em up, knock em down (x4)
Entertain me
I'm as blank as can be
And I've seen it before
And I've done it before
And I think that I like it
But no I don't like it
It just goes on over and over
And over and over and over and over and over again
All these people around me
Is trying to reach for the moon
(The Moon)
I see their faces looking so empty saying
I hope that they'll finish soon
(So Soon)
Could be a chat show
(Yap Yap Yap)
Could be a go go
Reaction would be the same
(The Same)
So here I go though
Why I don't know
Trying to prove myself again
Entertain me
I'm as blank as can be
And I've seen it before
And I've done it before
And I think that I like it
But no I don't like it
It just goes on over and over
And over and over and over again
I try to give them all of my best
And it's taking a turn for the worst
(Oh No)
Things going wrong
Start to sing the wrong song
I think that we must be cursed
(You Betcha)
Playing the wrong tune
Hitting the wrong note
This is where my nerves become frayed
It's falling apart
Why did we ever start
And do you think we'll be paid
(No No)
Entertain me
I'm as blank as can be
And I've seen it before
And I've done it before
And I think that I like it
But no I don't like it
It just goes on over and over
And over and over and over again
Over and over again
Build 'em up, knock 'em down (x5)
I see a movement
Down in the front row
Maybe it's just a mistake
She's smiling at me
(Hello)
But he's frowning at me
(Goodbye)
Which conclusion
Do I make
Fold all your arms
And look straight ahead
At this puppet on a string
You're feeling confused
But you've made a decision
You don't like anything
Entertain me
I'm as blank as can be
And I've seen it before
And I've done it before
And I think that I like it
But no I don't like it
It just goes on over and over
And over and over and over and over and over again
Build 'em up, knock em down (x4)
Entertain me
I'm as blank as can be
And I've seen it before
And I've done it before
And I think that I like it
But no I don't like it
It just goes on over and over
And over and over and over and over and over again
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (Deluxe Edition)
- Tainted Love
- Sex Dwarf
- Memorabilia (Extended)
- Fun City
- Torch
- Memorabilia [Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version]
- Bedsitter (Extended)
- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Extended)
- Where Did Our Love Go? [Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version]
- Chips on My Shoulder {Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version]
- Sex Dwarf [Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version]
- What! (Extended)
- A Man Could Get Lost
- Bedsitter
- Entertain Me
- Youth
- Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
- A Man Could Get Lost (Single Edit)
- Secret Life
- Chips on My Shoulder
- Frustration
- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
- Facility Girls
- Seedy Films
- Torch (Extended)
- Insecure Me (Extended)
- Persuasion
- What? (Extended No. 1)
- ...So
- Tainted Love
- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
- Where Did Our Love Go?
- Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
- Sex Dwarf
- Bedsitter
- Torch
- Baby Doll
- I Feel Love
- Le Grand Guignol
- Desperate
- Together Alone
- Bedsitter (12 Extended Version)
- Where the Heart Is
- Mr. Self Destruct (Live)
- Surrender (To a Stranger)
- Tainted Love ’91
- Martin
- Darker Times
- A Man Could Get Lost (Single Edit)
- Secret Life
- Last Chance
- Loving You, Hating Me
- Barriers