everything and nothing: did you see me coming?

nightlife, 1999

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightlife_(Pet_Shop_Boys_album)

release, 2002

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_(Pet_Shop_Boys_album)

yes [synth pop], 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(Pet_Shop_Boys_album)

1. did you see me coming?

did you see me coming
was i that obvious
for all of a sudden
there were just two of us

you don't have to be in who's who
to know what's what
you don't have to be a high flier
to catch your slot
the night we met was cold and wet
i needed a drink or two
i saw you standing there and i knew
i'd like to be loved by you

did you see me coming
was i that obvious
for all of a sudden
there were just two of us

you don't have to be what's what
to know who's who
you don't need the dna
to find the proof
then and there my life made sense
you were the evidence

did you see me coming
was i that obvious
for all of a sudden
there were just two of us

did you see me coming
i thought i'd have to make
all of the running
i was all yours to take

i'm not superstitious
or really religious
just to thyself be true
but now i think i'm starting
to believe in fate
because it delivered you

did you see me coming?
was i that obvious
for all of a sudden
there were just two of us

did you see me coming?
i thought i'd have to make
all of the running
i was all yours to take

did you see me coming?
was i that obvious
for all of a sudden
there were just the two of us

2. vulnerable

you may think i'm strong and i can do no wrong
but i'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you

i may be hard to take, but you can call me fake
'cause i'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you

i know the assumption is that i'm tough
with all my anger, that's fair enough
even with friends i have to compete
and try being mean when you walk down the street
it's not easy, by the by, just surviving in the public eye

you may think i'm strong and i can do no wrong
but i'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you

i may be hard to take but you can call me fake
'cause i'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you

you know i can't ever bear to seem weak
or have any doubts, that's just my technique
i put in the hours, at least i don't shirk
a little bravado does much of the work
i am no one's stepping stone but i couldn't live life in private alone

you may think i'm strong and i can do no wrong
but i'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you

i may be hard to take but you can call me fake
'cause i'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you

at night i am lying awake through the hours
trying to calculate am i good enough?
can i contrive to keep this show on the road?
will i survive?

i know you must sometimes think i don't care
or even appreciate what we share
though i'm no one's stepping stone
the truth is i love you and i'd go crazy alone

you may think i'm strong and i can do no wrong
but i'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you

it may be hard to take but you can call me fake
'cause i'm vulnerable
so vulnerable without you
so vulnerable without you
so vulnerable without you

3. beautiful people

city life just leaves me weak
all this madness on the street
need to get away today
live my life a different way

is it only a fantasy
to dream about a perfect me?

i want to live like beautiful people
give like beautiful people
with like beautiful people around

buy the latest magazine
and aspire to the dream
perfect home and perfect kids
not a life lived on the skids

is it only fantasy
or could it be reality?

i want to live like beautiful people
give like beautiful people
with like beautiful people around

now i can see myself
without a care in the world
it's a sun shining
money spending
green and healthy new world

is it only fantasy
or could it be reality?

i want to live like beautiful people
give like beautiful people
with like beautiful people around

4. king of rome

small man, big world
lost beyond the pale
i know you inside out
i can tell the tale

across the sky a change of time
last night i lost all day
i'm here and there or anywhere
away from manderley

and if I were the king of rome
i couldn't be more tragic
my fate to roam so far from home
in search of my lost magic

oh, baby come back
oh, baby come back to me

the desert moon, a new lagoon
we glide upon the surface
night falls fast, no shadows cast
arriving without purpose

oh, baby call me
oh, baby call me today

and if i were the king of rome
i couldn't be more lonely
with so much scope to dream and hope
someday you'll deign to phone me

oh, baby call me
oh, baby call me today

i long for your inscrutable pale face
i hunger for your beautiful embrace

5. i get along + e-mail

as easy as today
and it would make me happy
when you've gone so far away
if you'd send me an e-mail
that says 'i love you'
send me an e-mail
that says 'i love you'

now time and distance
melt away
no digital delay
and some things
can be written down
that we're too shy to say
send me an e-mail
that says 'i love you'
send me an e-mail
that says 'i love you'

there may be other
temptations in your life
don't want to add more
complications to your life
but i'm sending this e-mail
to say 'i love you'

now there's a ghost
within this house
you're haunting me tonight
i'm looking at some photographs
and thinking that i might
jump on a plane
and surprise you where
you are
but do you want me there?
i'm so insecure
but one thing would make me sure
if you'd
send me an e-mail
that says 'i love you'

send me an e-mail
that says 'i love you'

6. the samurai in autumn