Left To My Own Devices (maxi) — текст песни (Pet Shop Boys)

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.