 Genius Meanings
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Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
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Originally released in 1985, the lyrics for ‘Opportunties’ were written in the early 80s by Neil Tennant. Challenged by co-conspirator Chris Lowe to craft a song around the hook ‘
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Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) [Full Length Original 7" Version]
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[Verse 1] / I've had enough of scheming / And messing around with jerks / My car is parked outside / I'm afraid it doesn't work / I'm looking for a partner / Someone who gets
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Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) [Original 7'' Version]
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[Verse 1] / I've had enough of scheming / And messing around with jerks / My car is parked outside / I'm afraid it doesn't work / I'm looking for a partner / Someone who gets
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Pet Shop Boys – In the Night
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A B-side from the 1985 single release of “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)”. The song is about the “Zazous”, a underground cultural scene during the German occupation of
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Pet Shop Boys – Home and Dry [Video Mix]
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[Verse 1: Neil Tennant] / So my baby's on the road / Doing business, selling loads / Charming everyone there / With the sweetest smile / [Pre-Chorus: Neil Tennant] / Oh tonight / I
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Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (1984 Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I've had enough of scheming / And messing around with jerks / My car is parked outside / I'm afraid it doesn't work / I'm looking for a partner / Someone who gets
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Pet Shop Boys – Violence
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[Verse 1] / The sons and brothers / Fighting for another cause / Anything to give their lives some meaning / Busy with their guns and dreaming / Far away from here / Said they
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Pet Shop Boys – I Get Along/E-Mail
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[Verse 1: Neil Tennant] / Feeling like I'm stuck in a hole / Body and soul / While you're out of control / Now I know why you had to go / Well I think we both know / That it had to
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Pet Shop Boys – A Red Letter Day [Single Version]
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[Verse 1: Neil Tennant] / Go to work and take your calls / Hang the fruits of your labour on the walls / Such precision and care / What does it matter if there's no one here to
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Pet Shop Boys – Inner Sanctum (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
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[Chorus] / In the inner sanctum / You're a star / The girls, the guys / They all know who you are / In the inner sanctum / You're a star / The girls, the guys / They all know who
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Pet Shop Boys – A Man Could Get Arrested [12" Version]
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[Intro] / Do it / Do it / Do it now / Do it / [Verse 1] / Late on Tuesday evening such a commotion in the street / Someone broke a window and someone’s head got beat / A wave of
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Pet Shop Boys – Flamboyant
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[Verse 1] / You live in a world of excess / Where more is more / And less is much less / A day without fame / Is a waste / And a question of need / Is a question of taste / [Chorus
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Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia
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[Verse 1] / Lost in the high street, where the dogs run / Roaming suburban boys / Mother's got her hairdo to be done / She says they're too old for toys / Stood by the bus stop
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Pet Shop Boys – New York City Boy [Radio Edit]
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[Chorus 1: Billy Cliff, John James, Keith Fluitt & Steve Abrams] / New York City Boy / You'll never have a bored day / 'Cause you're a New York City Boy / Where Seventh Avenue
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Pet Shop Boys – Paninaro (Italian Remix) [12" Version]
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[Verse 1: Chris Lowe] / Passion and love and sex and money / Violence, religion, injustice, death / [Chorus: Neil Tennant] / Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh / [Verse 2: Chris Lowe
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Pet Shop Boys – Somewhere
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[Spoken Intro: Russ Tamblyn] / You want to live in this lousy world? / You want to live in this lousy world? / You want to live in this lousy world? / [Verse 1: Neil Tennant
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Pet Shop Boys – Love Comes Quickly
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[Refrain] / Sooner or later / This happens to everyone / To everyone / [Verse 1] / You can live your life lonely / Heavy as stone / Live your life learning / And working alone
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Pet Shop Boys – Being Boring [7" Edit]
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Pet Shop Boys – Miracles
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[Verse 1] / Clouds drift away / When they see you / Rain wouldn't dare / To fall near you here / Miracles happen / When you're around / Somehow the grass is much greener / Rivers
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Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia (The Full Horror)
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[Intro] / Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia / Where the suburbs met utopia / [Verse 1] / Lost in the high street, where the dogs run / Roaming suburban boys / Mother's got her
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Pet Shop Boys – Se a Vida É (That’s the Way Life Is) [Video Mix]
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[Verse 1] / Come outside and see a brand new day / The troubles in your mind will blow away / It's easy to believe they're here to stay / But you won't find them standing in your
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Pet Shop Boys – Love Comes Quickly (Dance Mix)
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[Refrain] / Sooner or later, sooner or later / This happens to everyone / To everyone / [Interlude] / [Verse 1] / You can live your life lonely / Heavy as stone / Live your life
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Pet Shop Boys – Tonight Is Forever
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[Verse 1] / I may be wrong, I may be right / Money's short and time is tight / Don't even think about those bills / Don't pay the price, we never will / We're out again, another
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Pet Shop Boys – Vocal / The Sodom and Gomorrah Show (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
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"Vocal" / [Verse 1] / I like the people / I like the song / This is my kind of music / They play it all night long / [Verse 2] / I like the singer / He's lonely and strange / Every
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Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia [7"Version]
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[Verse 1] / Lost in the high street, where the dogs run / Roaming suburban boys / Mother's got her hairdo to be done / She says they're too old for toys / Stood by the bus stop
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Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls (Live at The Royal Opera House, 2018)
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes you're better off dead / There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head / You think you're mad, too unstable / Kicking in chairs and knocking down
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Pet Shop Boys – That’s My Impression
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[Verse 1] / I went looking for someone I couldn't find / Staring at faces by the serpentine / Walking slowly, I realised / You'd been and gone, I know you lied / [Chorus] / That's
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Pet Shop Boys – A Man Could Get Arrested
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[Intro: Neil Tennant] / Do it / Do it / Do it now / Do it / Do it now / [Verse 1: Neil Tennant] / How much longer you gonna sit and talk to me? / You've got so many problems and a
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Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia [Video Mix]
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[Intro: Neil Tennant] / Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia / Where the suburbs met utopia / [Verse 1: Neil Tennant] / Lost in the high street, where the dogs run / Roaming
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Pet Shop Boys – Thursday (Radio Edit)
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Feat. Example / Will you love me or leave me? / I'm here, retrieve me / Don't say it's over, over, over / I need some meaning / Expressed with feeling / It's not over, over, over
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Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
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London in the 80s was divided (and still is) into the wealthy West End and the more down-at-heel, East End.
The major entertainment centre of London is based around the West End
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Pet Shop Boys – Why Don't We Live Together? [Original New York Mix]
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[Verse 1] / I find you when I want you / And lose you late at night / The woman in me shouts out / The man in me just smiles / [Pre-Chorus] / I may not always love you / You may
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Pet Shop Boys – In the Night (Arthur Baker's Extended Mix) [12" Version]
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[Verse 1] / Zazou, whatcha gonna do? / There's a lot of people gunning for you / Zazou, comment allez-vous? / A knock on the door in the night / [Verse 2] / That Zazou, he don't
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Pet Shop Boys – Two Divided by Zero
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[Intro] / Two divided by zero, zero / Two divided by zero, zero, zero / [Verse 1] / Let's not go home / We'll catch the late train / I've got enough money / To pay on the way
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Pet Shop Boys – Love Comes Quickly (Shep Pettibone's Mastermix) [12" Version]
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[Refrain] / Sooner or later / This happens to everyone / To everyone / [Interlude] / [Verse 1] / You can live your life lonely / Heavy as stone / Live your life learning / And
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Pet Shop Boys – Later Tonight
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[Chorus] / You wait 'til later / 'Til later tonight / You wait 'til later, 'til later / 'Til later tonight / [Verse] / That boy never cast a look in your direction / Never tried to
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