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Being Boring by Pet Shop Boys

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 nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's (1)________ gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We were never feeling bored"
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were (2)__________ being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end

When I went I left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said: "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing (3)________ and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had spots
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were (4)__________ being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we (5)________ never holding back
Or (6)______________ that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking back you could (7)____________ rely on a friend

Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never dreamt that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much (8)________ to find for ourselves
And we (9)________ never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking back you could always rely on a friend
And we were never (10)__________ boring
We were never being bored
'cause we were never being boring
We were never being bored

Answers:
(1) ever(2) never(3) left(4) never(5) were(6) worried(7) always(8) time(9) were(10) being