Being Boring by Pet Shop Boys
I (1)________ 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 nineteen-twenties
When you're (2)__________ you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We (3)________ never feeling bored"
'Cause we were (4)__________ being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we (5)________ never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never (6)______________ back
Or (7)______________ that
Time would come to an end
When I went I (8)________ from the station
With a haversack and (9)________ trepidation
Someone said: "If you're not careful
You'll have (10)______________ left and (11)______________ to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and (12)______________ forward
My shoes were (13)________ and I had spots
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We (14)______________ up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back
Or (15)______________ that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking back you could always rely on a friend
Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the (16)____________ I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never (17)____________ that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in (18)__________ of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere (19)________ with me
'Cause we were never (20)__________ boring
We had too much time to (21)________ for ourselves
And we were never (22)__________ boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never (23)______________ back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking (24)________ you (25)__________ always rely on a friend
And we were never (26)__________ boring
We were never being bored
'cause we were (27)__________ being boring
We were never being bored
And invitations to teenage parties
"Dress in white" one said with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're (2)__________ you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We (3)________ never feeling bored"
'Cause we were (4)__________ being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we (5)________ never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never (6)______________ back
Or (7)______________ that
Time would come to an end
When I went I (8)________ from the station
With a haversack and (9)________ trepidation
Someone said: "If you're not careful
You'll have (10)______________ left and (11)______________ to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and (12)______________ forward
My shoes were (13)________ and I had spots
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We (14)______________ up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back
Or (15)______________ that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking back you could always rely on a friend
Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the (16)____________ I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never (17)____________ that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in (18)__________ of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere (19)________ with me
'Cause we were never (20)__________ boring
We had too much time to (21)________ for ourselves
And we were never (22)__________ boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never (23)______________ back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking (24)________ you (25)__________ always rely on a friend
And we were never (26)__________ boring
We were never being bored
'cause we were (27)__________ being boring
We were never being bored
Answers:
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