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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pet Shop Boys
Performer
Chris Lowe
Keyboards
Neil Tennant
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Allee Willis
Composer
Brian Higgins
Composer
Chris Lowe
Songwriter
Henri Belolo
Songwriter
Jacques Morali
Composer
Mark James
Songwriter
Miranda Cooper
Composer
Neil Tennant
Songwriter
Owen Parker
Composer
Tim Powell
Composer
Victor Willis
Songwriter
Wayne Thompson
Songwriter
Pet Shop Boys
Arranger
Stuart Price
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tim Young
Mastering Engineer
Stuart Price
Additional Producer
Dick Beetham
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
Let's take a ride
And run with the dogs tonight in suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight in suburbia
In suburbia, in suburbia
[Verse 3]
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
Ohh
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
You need more than a big blank cheque to be a lover or
A Gulf-stream jet to fly you door to door
Somewhere chick on another shore
You need more, you need more, you need more
You need more, you need more, you need more
You need love
[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
Maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could
[Verse 8]
Little things I should have said and done
I never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
[Verse 9]
Tell me
Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me
One more chance to keep you satisfied
Satisfied
[Verse 10]
(Together) We will go our way
(Together) We will leave someday
(Together) Your hand in my hand
(Together) We will make our plans
[Verse 11]
(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
[Verse 12]
(Money)
I bought you drinks, I brought you flowers
I read your books and talked for hours
Everyday 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
[Verse 13]
Since you went away
I've been hanging around
I've been wondering why
I'm feeling down
[Verse 14]
You went away
It should make me feel better
But I don't know, whoa
How I'm gonna get through
How I'm gonna get through
[Verse 15]
(All day, all day)
I'm with stupid
(All day, all day)
I'm with stupid
[Verse 16]
We were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
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
[Verse 17]
When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
[Verse 18]
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common too
It's a, it's a, it's a
It's a sin
It's a sin
[Verse 19]
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
[Verse 20]
Oh wee-o, oh wee-ooo
Oh wee-o, oh wee-ooo
[Verse 21]
We feel it
All around us everyday
In the music that we play
[Verse 22]
This is a song
About boys and girls
You hear it
Playing all over the world
[Verse 23]
This is a song
About boys and girls
You hear it
Playing all over the world
[Verse 24]
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 restaurants in a West End town
Call the police, there's a madman around
[Verse 25]
Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If? When? Why? What?
How much have you got?
Have you got it? Do you get it? If so, how often?
Which do you choose? A hard or soft option?
(How far have you been?)
[Verse 26]
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 girls
[Verse 27]
West End girls
West End girls
West End girls
[Verse 28]
Girls
West End girls
Girls
West End girls
Written by: Allee Willis, Brian Higgins, Chris Lowe, Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali, Mark James, Miranda Cooper, Neil Tennant, Owen Parker, Tim Powell, Victor Willis, Wayne Thompson