Jealousy

At dead of night when strangers roam
the streets in search of anyone who'll take them home
I lie alone, the clock strikes three
and anyone who wanted to could contact me
At dead of night 'til break of day
endless thoughts and questions keep me awake
It's much too late

Where've you been?
Who've you seen?
You didn't phone when you said you would
Do you lie?
Do you try
to keep in touch? You know you could
I've tried to see your point of view
but could not hear or see
for jealousy

I never knew time pass so slow
I wish I'd never met you or that I could bear to let you go
At dead of night 'til break of day
endless thoughts and questions keep me awake
It's much too late

Where've you been?
Who've you seen?
You didn't phone when you said you would
Do you lie?
Do you try
to keep in touch? You know you could
I've tried to see your point of view
but could not hear or see
for jealousy
I never knew 'til I met you

To face the truth

You know it hurts me when you lie
Sometimes it even makes me cry
'cause I'm so in love with you
If you don't believe what I have said
take a look, my eyes are red
'cause I'm so in love with you

But all those sleepless nights in bed
when you've been out somewhere instead
I wonder if you care
and cannot bear the proof
It hurts too much to face the truth
To face the truth

A lawyer with a case to prove
will sift the evidence then move
It's the only thing to do
So why then can't I face the facts?
Sift this evidence that backs
I am so in love with you?

But all the nights when you have said
you must be somewhere else instead
I wonder where you go
but daren't expose the proof
It hurts too much to face the truth
To face the truth
To face the truth

You are the only one, the only one

You know it hurts me when you lie
Sometimes it even makes me cry
'cause I'm so in love with you
If you don't believe what I have said
take a look, my eyes are red
'cause I'm so in love with you

But all the nights you don't show up
I know it's time I should grow up
I ask you if you care
You stand and stare aloof
It hurts too much to face the truth
To face the truth

One of the crowd

When I go fishing with my rod
I often get that urge
to fall asleep, a sleep so deep
that no one notices me
Don't want anyone to know my name
Don't want to get a fax
Don't want to meet the Royal Family
just 'cause I've paid my tax

Don't want to be seen or heard
Don't want to shout out loud
I want to be part of the herd
one of the crowd

Dressing individually doesn't impress me
I think that it's pathetic
Following fashion, I just like it
Don't I?
Don't want to be seen or heard
Don't want to shout out loud
I want to be part of the herd
one of the crowd

One of the crowd
One of the crowd
Fishing, fishing

I never fight but every night
I think it's gonna be all right
I think I might think in spite
of everything

Don't want to be seen or heard
Don't want to shout out loud
I want to be part of the herd
one of the crowd

One of the crowd, one of the crowd
One of the crowd, one of the crowd
One of the crowd
One of the crowd
Fishing
One of the crowd
Fishing

Girls and boys

Street's like a jungle
so call the police
Following the herd
down to Greece on holiday
Love in the Nineties
it's paranoid
On sunny beaches
take your chances, looking for

Girls who want boys who like boys to be girls
who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
Girls who want boys who like boys to be girls
who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Avoiding all work
'cause there's none available
Like battery thinkers
count their thoughts on one, two, three, four, five fingers
Nothing is wasted
only reproduced
You get nasty blisters
Du bist sehr schoen
but we haven't been introduced

Girls who want boys who like boys to be girls
who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
Girls who want boys who like boys to be girls
who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Somewhere

Make of our hands, one hand
Make of our hearts, one heart
Make of our vows, one last vow
Only death will part us now
Make of our lives, one life
Day after day, one life
Now it begins, now we start
One hand, one heart
Even death won't part us now

There's a place for us
somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
wait for us somewhere

There's a time for us
some day a time for us
Time together with time to spare
time to learn, time to care
some day, somewhere

We'll find a new way of living
We'll find a way of forgiving
somewhere

There's a place for us
a time and place for us
Hold my hand and we're halfway there
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
somehow, some day
somewhere

There's a place for us
a time and a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
somehow, some day
somewhere

I feel pretty, oh so pretty
I feel pretty, oh so pretty

I want a dog

I want a dog, a Chihuahua
When I get back to my small flat
I want to hear somebody bark
Oh, you can get lonely
I want a dog

Don't want a cat
scratching its claws all over my habitat
giving no love and getting fat
Oh, you can get lonely
and a cat's no help with that

Bulldog, hound and pug and labrador
Collie, retriever and Doberman pincher
Husky, Dalmatian, Saint Bernard und Dachshund
Mongrel, beagle, Cocker spaniel

I want a dog
to walk in the park
When it gets dark
my dog will bark at any passers-by
Oh, you can get lonely
I want a dog

I want a dog, a Chihuahua
When I get back to my small flat
I want to hear somebody bark
Oh, you can get lonely

Signing with Parlophone: the debut album Please and the remix album Disco (1984–1986)

In March 1985, after long negotiations, Pet Shop Boys cut their contractual ties with Bobby 'O', with a settlement giving Bobby 'O' significant royalties for future sales. Hiring manager Tom Watkins, they signed with the London-based Parlophone label. In April, Tennant left Smash Hits (where he had progressed to the position of deputy editor), and, in July, a new single, "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)," was released, reaching number 116 in the UK. The B-side to this single, "In the Night," was used as the theme for the UK television series The Clothes Show, and would later resurface, in a longer remixed version, as the opening track to the duo's first remix album, Disco, in 1986.

Unperturbed by the low chart position, the band returned to the studio in August to re-record "West End Girls" with producer Stephen Hague. Released in October 1985, this new version initially entered the charts at a similarly low position, but began a slow rise, so that, by January 1986, it achieved the top spot. It was subsequently Number One in the USA, Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Lebanon, Israel, New Zealand and Norway, and sold an estimated 1.5 million copies worldwide. It remains the most-heard Pet Shop Boys song to date.

After the success of "West End Girls," Pet Shop Boys released a follow-up single, "Love Comes Quickly," on February 24, 1986. The single reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart, and was followed by their debut album, Please, on March 24. In June 1986, the band announced a European tour; however, their plans for a theatrical extravaganza proved to be too expensive, and the tour was cancelled. Please started Pet Shop Boys' penchant for choosing one-word album titles. New versions of second single "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" and album track "Suburbia" were also released in 1986, followed by a remix album, Disco, in November.