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Being Boring by Pet Shop Boys

I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
"Dress in white" one said (1)________ quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're (2)__________ you find inspiration
In (3)____________ who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We were never feeling bored"
'Cause we were never (4)__________ boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we (5)________ (6)__________ being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never (7)______________ back
Or (8)______________ that
Time would come to an end

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 nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had spots
I'd (9)____________ (10)______________ a closing door
I would never find myself (11)______________ bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to (12)________ for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We (13)______________ up and fought, (14)________ thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back
Or worried that
Time would (15)________ to an end
We were (16)____________ hoping that
Looking back you could always rely on a friend

Now I sit with (17)__________________ faces
In (18)____________ rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never dreamt that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I (19)______________ in spite of dreams
You'd be (20)______________ somewhere here (21)________ me
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much (22)________ to find for ourselves
And we were (23)__________ (24)__________ 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
And we were never (25)__________ boring
We (26)________ never being bored
'cause we were never being boring
We (27)________ never (28)__________ bored

Answers:
(1) with(2) young(3) anyone(4) being(5) were(6) never(7) holding(8) worried(9) bolted(10) through(11) feeling(12) find(13) dressed(14) then(15) come(16) always(17) different(18) rented(19) thought(20) sitting(21) with(22) time(23) never(24) being(25) being(26) were(27) were(28) being