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Being Boring by Pet Shop Boys

I came across a (1)__________ of old photos
And (2)______________________ to teenage parties
"Dress in white" one said (3)________ quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're (4)__________ you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a (5)______________ 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 never being boring
We (6)______________ 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 (7)__________ "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and (8)______________ to (9)________ 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 (10)________ (11)____________ (12)______________ bored
'Cause we were (13)__________ being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back
Or worried that
Time (14)__________ come to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking (15)________ you (16)__________ (17)____________ rely on a friend

Now I sit with (18)__________________ 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 (19)____________ that 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 being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then (21)________________ "Make amends"
And we were never holding back
Or worried that
Time would come to an end
We (22)________ (23)____________ hoping that
Looking back you (24)__________ always (25)________ on a friend
And we were never being boring
We were (26)__________ being bored
'cause we were never being boring
We were never being bored

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