Friendly Fire Lyrics - Pet Shop Boys

An inspirational tirade against me 

How to explain my life? 

Boys to the left of me 

girls to the right of me 

neither husband nor wife 

Though the days are filled with pain 

there is no one who'll explain 

why I'm coming under friendly fire 

shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll 

but there's nothing, really nothing, to say 

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Why I endure under force majeure 

slander without shame or tact 

I who studied make-up, mime and Buddha 

who taught two generations to react 

About me the critics lied 

I ignored them and survived 

in spite of coming under friendly fire 

shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll 

I have nothing, really nothing, to deny 

When I look back my eyes are filled with tears 

Danger to mascara, applause to my peers 

When fame sustained me and arenas acclaimed me 

I floated through life in a cloud 

of love and insanity and pagan profanity 

before a worshipping crowd 

Now my status is ill-defined 

As an icon I'm inclined 

to be coming under friendly fire 

shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll 

but whatever dull or clever points they've scored 

I have never, oh no never, been ignored