Reputation & Rarities

(neil tennant / chris lowe)

Take your time and tell me
Where you lie
I realise
That we've been found out this time

We should stay together
If we can
But what you've planned
Means there's a difference between

What you're gonna say
In private
You still want my love
We're in this together
And what you're gonna do
In public
Say you were never in love
That you can remember

So discreet
I never tried to meet
Your friends or interfere
I took a back seat between

And what you gonna say
In private?
You still want my love
We're in this together
And what you're gonna do
In public
Say you were never in love
That you can remember

What you gonna say, ay
When you run back to your wife?
I guess it's just the story of my life
What you gonna say?

So take your time
And tell me
Where did you learn
Oh, i may publicise
That there's a difference between

What you're gonna say
In private?
You still want my love
We're in this together
And what you're gonna do
In public
Say you were never in love
That you can remember
Tell me what you gonna say
In private?, ooh, ooh, ooh
What you gonna say?
What you gonna do?
Baby, what you gonna say?

(geoffrey williams and simon stirling)

Some people know what they wanna be
Some people see what they wanna see
Everyday needs some kind of dream
But the complexities of life escape to an ideal scene, yeah

People try to tell you how to live your life
Let the blind lead the blind
Well, that's all right
So make up your mind
The fool or the wise
There are things in this life
Which you can't compromise

Break away
And take the time to know your mind
And leave it all behind you
And say
That's the way i am

Yeah - i was born this way
Can't you see it in my eyes
Yeah, heah, heah
Oh, i was born this way
Can't you feel it in your heart
Yeah, heah, heah, oh

It's not always easy to disagree
Don't make excuses for what you see
There's one thing in life
I have no doubt
You're on the way up
On the way out, baby, oh

Some people see what's gonna be
But they hide in a corner
From reality
Sometimes you're up
And sometimes you're down
You can't spend your whole life
Just fooling around

Break away
And take the time to break the ties
And leave it all behind you and say
That's the way i am

Yeah - i was born this way
Can't you see it in my eyes
Yeah, heah, heah
Oh, i was born this way
Can't you feel it in your heart and say
Yeah, heah, heah, oh

In this world
There's a love that's unspoken
Letting go
Reaching out
Then it's time to search your heart
And stop, it's you
Learn to love yourself
Respect yourself
Say - that's the way i am

Say, i was born this way
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah - i was born this way
Can't you see it in my eyes?
Yeah, heah, heah
Oh, i was born this way
Can't you feel it in your hearts and say
Yeah, heah, heah, oh
The fool or the wise
So open your eyes
And say yeah, heah, heah
Yeah - say it loud and clear
And say yeah, heah, heah
I was born this way, oh, oh, oh
Say yeah, heah, heah
I was born this way
Born this way
So say, so say, yeah
I said yeah

(neil tennant / chris lowe)

Satisfy your reason
It will occupy your mind
Even when you're dreaming
Believe
Find another meaning
To determine what you need
Experience this feeling
And believe
Believe

In a world so confused
In a world so confused
In a world so confused
In a world so confused
Believe

Love will pierce the dark cloud
Of unknowing and reveal
All that you were dreaming
And believe
These communications
Will descend on you en masse
So what i'm saying, baby
Is believe
Believe

In a world so confused
If you feel love refused
Believe
In a life so defined
You could find time
To change your mind
Believe

In a world so confused
If you find love refused
Believe
In a life so defined
You could find time
To change your mind
Believe

Occupy your mind and you'll believe
Occupy your mind and you'll believe
Occupy your mind and you'll believe
Believe

In a world so confused
In a world so confused
Believe
Occupy your mind and you'll believe

(tennant / lowe)

Mandy's in the papers 'cause she tried to go to spain
She'll soon be in the dock and in the papers once again
Vicki's got her story about the mirror and the cane
It may be false, it may be true
But nothing has been proved

Stephen's in his dressing-gown now, breakfasting alone
Too sick to eat, he's on his feet and to the telephone
The police inspector soothes him with his sympathetic tone
It may be false, it may be true
But nothing has been proved

In the house a resignation
Guilty faces, every one
Christine's fallen out with lucky
Johnny's got a gun
"please please me"'s number one

(it's a scandal! it's a scandal! such a scandal!)

Now, stephen's in the dock for spending money that was earned
By christine, and the prosecution says that money burned
A hole in stephen's pocket, for expensive sins he yearned
It may be false, it may be true
But nothing has been proved

In the news the suicide note
In the court an empty space
Even mandy's looking worried
Christine's pale and drawn
"please please me"'s number one

(it's a scandal! it's a scandal! such a scandal!)

Last night he wrote these words to his friend:
"sorry about the mess
I'm guilty 'til proved innocent
In the public eye and press"
The funeral's very quiet because all his friends have fled
They may be false, they may be true
They've all got better things to do
They may be false, they may be true
But nothing has been proved
Nothing
Nothing has been proved
Oh, nothing
Nothing
Oh, nothing
Nothing
Oh, nothing

(dan hartman / holly knight)

Loneliness can lock you up
Like prison walls around your heart
You waste away, you fall apart
The seconds tick away and the world is turning
So take me in your arms while the need is burning, baby

Time, time waits for no-one
Especially me, baby - don't know about you, oh
Time, time, time waits for no-one
So what about it - do you wanna run away with me?

Your tender words release my soul
You move so strong, you've got to know
Your eyes reveal that maybe we should try
The walls won't come down unless you open fire
We gotta make a move 'cause you can't deny it, baby

Time, time waits for no-one
Especially me, baby - don't know about you, oh
Time, time, time waits for no-one
So what about it - do you wanna run away, run away, run away?

You can run from me, but you can't run from yourself
You'd only lose what you really want to love
(it's a sad, sad story), it's always the same
If you don't take chances, there's nothing to gain
Run away, run away

The walls won't come down unless you open fire
We gotta make a move - can't deny it

Time, time waits for no-one, oh, oh
Especially me, baby - don't know about you, oh
Time, time, time waits for no-one
So what about it - do you wanna run away, run away, run away?

Take me in your arms
(time time) waits for no-one, ooh
So what about it - do you wanna run away, run away, run away?
Time

(neil tennant / chris lowe)

(you gotta wake up)

You don't commit to me
You won't make a start
You don't tell me no
You haven't got the heart
You sit in a chair
Or you lie in bed
With a faraway stare
And a swollen head

Well, listen here my lover
I have had enough
And i can tell you brother
I could fall in love
With someone who
Looks a lot like you
But gets up and does
What he's thinking of

I can't wait another day
I can give and i can take
There's a choice you have to make

So many times things pass you by
Imagination running wild
You've got to start choosing right from wrong
Instead of daydreaming all day long

I want to catch a plane
To an open space
I want to feel the sun
Shining on my face
But time is short
And waiting is long
And my patience is exhausted
I'm just not that strong

I want to see the parade
You wanna watch tv
So we don't do either
It's insanity
You say there's plenty of time
And life is good
So you never make your mind up
Well you never could

I can ask you when or why
And you'll look up to the sky
The parade is marching by

So many times things pass you by
Imagination running wild
You've got to start choosing right from wrong
Instead of daydreaming all day long
Daydreaming, oh, oh, daydreaming, daydreaming

You gotta wake up, you gotta wake up

(leave me alone i'm only dreaming)
You gotta wake up, you gotta wake up
(leave me alone i'm only dreaming)
You gotta wake up, you gotta wake up
(i'm only dreaming), oh, oh

I can't wait another day
I can give and i can take
There's a choice you have to make, oh, oh

So many times things pass you by
Imagination running wild
You've got to start choosing right from wrong
Instead of daydreaming all day long

So many times things pass you by
Imagination running wild
You've gotta choose right from wrong
Instead of daydreaming all night long

(daydreaming)
So many times
(daydreaming)
Things pass you by
(daydreaming)
You've gotta choose right from wrong
(daydreaming)
All day long
All day long

(allee willis / lauren wood)

Somebody got a magic touch
Somebody just can't get enough
Your picture's hanging in my car
I love you for just who you are

And don't you know i want you?, maybe
Baby

Get your motor running
Can't you hear me coming?
And send it to me
Put it in a letter
If that'll make it better
And send it to me, haa
Stick it in a bottle
It's always getting hotter
And send it to me, haa
Nothing gonna stop it
So shoot it like a rocket
And send it to me

I sit behind a desk all day
And dream of you to get away
I got no money in the bank
I don't need much, got you to thank

And don't you know i want you?, maybe
Baby

Oh, get your motor running
Can't you hear me coming?
And send it to me, ah
Put it in a letter
If that'll make it better
And send it to me, haa
Stick it in a bottle
It's always getting hotter
Send it to me, haa
Nothing gonna stop it
So shoot it like a rocket
And send it to me, ahh

Deep in the night, i turn around
And wish you were here with me
I grab the sheets and make up a fantasy
Can't you see
That you're the one that i love?

Get your motor running
Can't you hear me coming?
And send it to me, ooh, oh, oh
Stick it in a bottle
Ain't nothing gonna stop it
So shoot it like a rocket
Baby, send it to me
Ahh, oh
Get your motor running
Can't you hear me coming?
And sent it to me, ah, ho