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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 (2)____________ 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 (3)__________ being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we (4)________ never holding back
Or (5)______________ that
Time would (6)________ to an end

When I went I left (7)________ the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said: "If you're not careful
You'll have (8)______________ (9)________ and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat (10)________ and looking forward
My (11)__________ were high and I had spots
I'd (12)____________ through a closing door
I would (13)__________ find myself feeling bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to (14)________ for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we (15)________ never holding back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end
We (16)________ always (17)____________ that
Looking back you could always rely on a friend

Now I sit with different faces
In rented (18)__________ and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never dreamt (19)________ I would get to be
The creature that I (20)____________ meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me
'Cause we were never (21)__________ boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we (22)________ 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 (23)____________ that
Looking back you could always rely on a friend
And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'cause we (24)________ (25)__________ (26)__________ boring
We were (27)__________ being bored

Answers:
(1) ever(2) opened(3) never(4) were(5) worried(6) come(7) from(8) nothing(9) left(10) back(11) shoes(12) bolted(13) never(14) find(15) were(16) were(17) hoping(18) rooms(19) that(20) always(21) being(22) were(23) hoping(24) were(25) never(26) being(27) never