Being Boring - Pet Shop Boys: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Being Boring

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Being Boring was released on October 22, 1990 by Rhino/Parlophone as a part of the album Behaviour: Further Listening 1990-1991 (Deluxe Edition) [2018 Remaster]

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Pet Shop Boys

Performer

Chris Lowe

Keyboards

Neil Tennant

Vocals

Dominic Clarke

Programming

J.J. Belle

Guitar

N. Francis Tennant

N. Francis Tennant

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Chris Lowe

Songwriter

Tennant

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Pet Shop Boys

Producer

Bob Kraushaar

Recording Engineer

Brian Reeves

Engineer

Julian Mendelsohn

Julian Mendelsohn

Mixing Engineer

Haydn Bendall

Recording Engineer

Harold Faltermeyer

Harold Faltermeyer

Producer

Tim Young

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I came across a cache of old photos

And invitations to teenage parties

"Dress in white," one said with quotations

From someone's wife, a famous writer

In the 1920s

[PreChorus]

When you're young, you find inspiration

In anyone who's ever gone

And opened up a closing door

She said, "We were never feeling bored

[Chorus]

'Cause we were never being boring

We had too much time to find for ourselves

And we were never being boring

We dressed up and fought, then thought, "Make amends"

And we were never holding back or worried that

Time would come to an end"

[Verse 2]

When I went, I left from the station

With a haversack and some trepidation

Someone said, "If you're not careful

You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for

In the 1970s"

[PreChorus]

But I sat back and looking forward

My shoes were high and I had scored

I'd bolted through a closing door

I would never find myself feeling bored

[Chorus]

'Cause we were never being boring

We had too much time to find for ourselves

And we were never being boring

We dressed up and fought, then thought, "Make amends"

And 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

[Instrumental]

Now I sit with different faces

In rented rooms and foreign places

All the people I was kissing

Some are here and some are missing

In the 1990s

[PreChorus]

I never dreamt that I would get to be

The creature that I always meant to be

But I thought in spite of dreams

You'd be sitting somewhere here with me

[Chorus]

'Cause we were never being boring

We had too much time to find for ourselves

And we were never being boring

We dressed up and fought, then thought, "Make amends"

And 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

[Outro]

And we were never being boring

We had too much time to find for ourselves

And we were never being boring

We dressed up and fought, then thought, "Make amends"

And we were never being boring

We were never being bored

'Cause we were never being boring

We were never being bored

Written by: Chris Lowe, N. Francis Tennant, Neil Tennant

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