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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 (1)____________ who's (2)________ gone
And opened up a closing door
She (3)__________ "We (4)________ 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 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 (5)________ from the station
With a (6)__________________ and (7)________ trepidation
Someone said: "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to (8)________ for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had spots
I'd (9)____________ through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too (10)________ (11)________ to find for ourselves
And we (12)________ (13)__________ 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 (14)________ you could always (15)________ on a friend

Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and (16)______________ places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and (17)________ are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never (18)____________ (19)________ I would get to be
The (20)________________ (21)________ I always meant to be
But I thought in (22)__________ of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me
'Cause we (23)________ never 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 would (24)________ to an end
We were always hoping that
Looking back you (25)__________ always rely on a friend
And we were never being boring
We (26)________ never being bored
'cause we were (27)__________ (28)__________ boring
We were never being bored

Answers:
(1) anyone(2) ever(3) said:(4) were(5) left(6) haversack(7) some(8) care(9) bolted(10) much(11) time(12) were(13) never(14) back(15) rely(16) foreign(17) some(18) dreamt(19) that(20) creature(21) that(22) spite(23) were(24) come(25) could(26) were(27) never(28) being