Being Boring by Pet Shop Boys
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 nineteen-twenties
When you're young you (1)________ inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We were (2)__________ feeling bored"
'Cause we (3)________ never being boring
We had too (4)________ time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, (5)________ thought: "Make amends"
And we were (6)__________ holding back
Or worried that
Time would (7)________ 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 (8)________ for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had spots
I'd bolted (9)______________ a closing door
I would never find (10)____________ feeling bored
'Cause we (11)________ never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we (12)________ never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then (13)________________ "Make amends"
And we were never holding back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end
We (14)________ always hoping that
Looking back you could always rely on a friend
Now I sit with (15)__________________ faces
In (16)____________ (17)__________ and foreign places
All the (18)____________ I was kissing
Some are (19)________ and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never (20)____________ that I (21)__________ get to be
The (22)________________ that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting (23)__________________ (24)________ with me
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to (25)________ for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we (26)________ never holding back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking back you could always (27)________ on a friend
And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'cause we were never 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 young you (1)________ inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We were (2)__________ feeling bored"
'Cause we (3)________ never being boring
We had too (4)________ time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, (5)________ thought: "Make amends"
And we were (6)__________ holding back
Or worried that
Time would (7)________ 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 (8)________ for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had spots
I'd bolted (9)______________ a closing door
I would never find (10)____________ feeling bored
'Cause we (11)________ never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we (12)________ never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then (13)________________ "Make amends"
And we were never holding back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end
We (14)________ always hoping that
Looking back you could always rely on a friend
Now I sit with (15)__________________ faces
In (16)____________ (17)__________ and foreign places
All the (18)____________ I was kissing
Some are (19)________ and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never (20)____________ that I (21)__________ get to be
The (22)________________ that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting (23)__________________ (24)________ with me
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to (25)________ for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we (26)________ never holding back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking back you could always (27)________ on a friend
And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'cause we were never being boring
We were never being bored
Answers:
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