Left to My Own Devices [Top of the Pops - 1988/12/01

[Verse 1: Neil Tennant]

I get out of bed at half past ten

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

[Verse 2: Neil Tennant]

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

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]

I could leave you, say goodbye

Or I could love you, if I try

And I could

And left to my own devices, I probably would

[Verse 3: Neil Tennant]

Pick up a brochure about the sun

Learn to ignore what the photographer saw

I was always told that you should join a club

Stick with the gang if you want to belong

[Verse 4: Neil Tennant]

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

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]

I could leave you, say goodbye

Or I could love you, if I try

And I could

And left to my own devices, I probably would

Left to my own devices, I probably would

Oh, I would

[Bridge: Neil Tennant]

I was faced with a choice at a difficult age

Would I write a book or should I take to the stage?

But in the back of my head I heard distant feet

Ché Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat

[Verse 5: Neil Tennant]

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

[Verse 6: Neil Tennant]

Turn off the TV, look at 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

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]

I could leave you, say goodbye

Or I could love you, if I try

And I could

And left to my own devices, I probably would

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]

Come on, baby, say goodbye

Or I could love you, if I try

And I could

And left to my own devices, I probably would

[Outro: Neil Tennant]

Left to my own devices, I probably would

Come on, baby

Left to my own devices, I probably would