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Titel: LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (maxi)
Interpret: PET SHOP BOYS
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I get out of bed at half past ten
and 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 tried, and I could,
and left to my own devices I probably would.
Pick up a brochure about the sun,
learn to ignore what the photoprapher 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 Roundhead general.
I could leave you, say goodbye,
or I could love you if I tried, and I could,
and 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 ?
Out in the back of my head I heard distant feet,
Che Guevara and Debussy 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 T.V., look for 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,...
Come on, baby, sa goodbye,...
left to my own devices I probably would,
come on, baby, left to my own devices I probably would.
Out of bed at half past ten, the party animal phones a friend,
pick up news about the sun, and the working day has just begun.
Sticks with the gang at the back of the street,
pass the test and he don't compete.
Drive a car if you're with me,
Che Guevara's drinking, he reads about a new device,
and takes to the stage in a secret life.
I would if I could
if I was left to my own devices I probably would.