Left To My Own Devices
Pet Shop Boys
1988
jaar
Top 40
19
piekpositie
Top 40
6
weken
Top 40
82
punten
Top 40
Artiest
Titel A-kant
Left To My Own Devices
Lengte A-kant
04:46
Componist(en) A-kant
Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant
Producer(s) A-kant
Pet Shop Boys, Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn
Titel B-kant
The Sound Of The Atom Splitting
Lengte B-kant
03'38
Componist(en) B-kant
Trevor Horn, Neil Tennant. Chris Lowe, Stephen Lipson
Producer(s) B-kant
Trevor Horn, Stephen Lipson
Platenlabel
Parlophone
Hoogste positie UK
4
Hoogste positie US
84
Album
Introspective
Songtekst
I get out of bed at half past ten
Phone up a friend, who's a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping
One day I'll read, or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
But I don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang, if you want to belong
I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street
For in a secret life I was a round head general
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Oh, I would
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 De‚bussy to a disco beat
It's not a crime when you look the way you do
The way I like to picture you
When I get home, it's late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight
Turn off the TV, look at a book
Pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe I'll sit up all night and day
Waiting for the minute I hear you say
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on, baby, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
(Come on baby)
Left to my own devices, I probably would
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