Being Boring

Written by Tennant/Lowe
Transcribed by Andreas Ahlfors

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  I came across a cache of old photos
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and invitations to teenage parties
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  Dress in white one said with quotations 
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from someone’s wife, 
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a famous writer in the nineteen-twenties

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  When you’re young you find inspiration 
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in anyone who’s ever gone
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  And opened up a closing door
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  She said we were never feeling bored

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‘Cos we were never being boring 
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We had too much time to find for ourselves
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And we were never being boring 
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We dressed up and fought then thought make amends
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And we were never holding back or worried that
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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 left 
and nothing to care for in the nineteen-seventies

But I sat back and looking forward, 
my shoes were high and I had scored
I’d bolted through a closing door 
and I would never find myself feeling bored

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‘Cos we were never being boring 
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We had too much time to find for ourselves
                   Bb          C
And we were never being boring 
                   Am7                      Dm
We dressed up and fought then thought make amends
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And we were never holding back or worried that
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time would come to an end
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We were always hoping that, looking back
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you could always rely on a friend

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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 I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams, you’d be sitting her with me

‘Cos 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
We were always hoping that, looking back
you could always rely on a friend
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And we were never being boring
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We were never being bored
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‘Cos we were never being boring
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We were never feeling bored

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