I Didn't Get Where I am Today letra

Why did I listen to that music?
It's made me feel so sad
and brought it home to me once more
I want what I cannot have
When you can't get what you want
you still have all the rest
but isn't it sad to settle for second-best?

I've been waiting at home
for someone to phone
I didn't get where I am today
without living that old cliche
I've been lying in bed
the sheets over my head
I didn't get where I am today
without giving up in dismay

Told everyone I'm over it
I've quit this cul-de-sac
But just when I thought
I'd lost it for good
that feeling comes right back
When you can't get what you want
you wear your bravest face
but deep inside you're sinking without a trace

I've been called repressed
a poet, a pest
I didn't get where I am today
without getting in someone's way
I live my life on a stage
put it down on the page
I didn't get where I am today
without writing a resume
I didn't get where I am today

I didn't get where I am today
I didn't get where I am today

I've explored situations
the themes and variations
I didn't get where I am today
without losing it on the way
On the Street of Shame
looking for someone to blame
I didn't get where I am today
without leaving in disarray
I didn't get where I am today

Pet Shop Boys - Letras

• A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi
• A Cloud In a Box
• A Different Point of View
• A Face Like That
• A Little Black Dress
• A Man Could Get Arrested
• A New Life
• A Powerful Friend
• A Red Letter Day
• Absolutely Fabulous
• After All
• After The Event
• All Over The World
• Alone Again, Naturally
• Always
• Always On My Mind
• Always On My Mind/In My House
• An Open Mind
• Angelic Thug
• At Rock Bottom
• Axis
• Baby (Demo)
• Beautiful Laundrette
• Beautiful People
• Before
• Being Boring
• Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
• Betrayed
• Between Two Islands
• Birthday Boy
• Bizarre Love Triangle
• Black Tie White Noise
• Blue On Blue
• Bolshy
• Boy Strange
• Break 4 Love
• Breathing Space
• Bright Young Things
• Building A Wall
• Burn
• Burning The Heather
• Call Me Old-fashioned
• Can You Forgive Her?
• Casanova In Hell
• Closer to Heaven
• Confidential
• Cricket Wife
• Dancing Star
• Decadence
• Decide
• Decide
• Delusions of Grandeur
• Did You See Me Coming?
• Disappointed
• Disco Potential
• Discoteca
• DJ Culture
• Do I Have To?
• Domino Dancing
• Don Juan
• Dreaming of the Queen
• Dreamland (feat. Years & Years)
• E-mail
• Ego Music
• Electricity
• Euroboy
• Everthing Means Something
• Falling (Demo for Kylie)
• Flamboyant
• Fluorescent
• Footsteps
• For All Of Us
• For Your Own Good
• Forever in Love
• Forever in love (Relentless version)
• Friendly Fire
• Fugitive
• Gin And Jag
• Girls and Boys
• Girls don't cry
• Give It A Go
• Give stupidity a chance
• Glad All Over
• Go West
• Groovy
• Hallo Spaceboy
• Happiness
• Happiness is an Option
• Happy people
• Heart
• Hell
• Here
• Hey, Headmaster
• Hit and Miss
• Hit Music
• Hold On
• Home And Dry
• Hoping for a miracle
• How Can You Expect to be Taken Seriously?
• How I Learned to Hate Rock'n'Roll
• I Believe In Ecstasy
• I Cried For Us
• I Didn't Get Where I am Today
• I Don't Know What You Want, But I Can't Give It Anymore
• I don't wanna
• I Get Along
• I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
• I made my excuses and left
• I Started A Joke
• I Want A Dog
• I Want A Lover
• I Want To Wake Up
• I Will Fall
• I Wouldn't Normally do This Kind of Thing
• I'm Not Scared
• I'm with Stupid
• If Jesus had a sister
• If Looks Could Kill
• If Love Were All
• In Denial
• In His Imagination
• In Private
• In The Night
• Indefinite Leave To Remain
• Inner Sanctum
• Inside
• Inside a Dream
• Integral
• Into Thin Air
• Invisible
• It Always Comes as a Surprise
• It Couldn't Happen Here
• It Doesn´t Often Snow at Christmas
• It Must Be Obvious
• It's A Sin
• It's Alright
• It's Just My Little Tribute to Caligula,Darling!
• Jack and Jill Party
• Jack The Lad
• Je T’aime... Moi Non Plus
• Jealousy
• Kaputnik
• King Of Rome
• King's Cross
• Later Tonight
• Leaving
• Left To My Own Devices
• Legacy
• Liberation
• Lies
• Listening
• Living In The Past
• London
• Loneliness
• Losing My Mind
• Love Comes Quickly
• Love Etc.
• Love Is a Bourgeious Construct
• Love is a Catastrophe
• Love Life
• Luna Park
• Memory Of The Future
• Metamorphosis
• Minimal
• Miracles
• Miserablism
• Miserablism (Moby's Electro Mix)
• Monkey Business
• More Than A Dream
• Music For Boys
• My Girl
• My Head is Spinning
• My Night
• My October Symphony
• Nervously
• New Boy
• New York City Boy
• Night Song
• Nightlife
• Nine Out of Ten
• No Boundaries
• No Time For Tears
• Nothing Has Been Proved
• Numb
• On social media
• One And One Make Five
• One In a Million
• One More Chance
• One Night
• One of the Crowd
• One Thing Leads to Another
• Only Love
• Only the dark
• Only The Wind
• Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
• Out of my System
• Pandemonium
• Paninaro
• Paris City Boy
• Party Song
• Pazzo!
• Positive Role Model
• Postscript
• Psychological
• Radiophonic
• Rent
• Requiem In Denim And Leopardskin
• Run, Girl, Run (1971)
• Sad Robot World
• Sail Away
• Saturday Night Forever
• Say It To Me
• Screaming
• Se a Vida É (That's The Way Life Is)
• Searching For the Face of Jesus
• Send Me An Angel
• Sense of time
• Sexy Northerner
• Shameless
• She's Madonna
• Shopping
• Shouting In The Evening
• Silver Age
• Single
• Skeletons In The Closet
• So Hard
• So Sorry, I Said
• Some Speculation
• Somebody Else's Business
• Something Special
• Somewhere
• Suburbia
• Tall Thin Men
• That's my Impression
• The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On
• The Calm Before the Storm
• The Dead Can Dance
• The Dictator Decides
• The End of The World
• The forgotten child
• The Former Enfant Terrible
• The Ghost Of Myself
• The Last To Die
• The Lost Room
• The Man Who Has Everything
• The Night I Fell In Love
• The Only One
• The Pop Kids
• The Resurrectionist
• The Samurai in Autumn
• The Show Must Go On
• The Sodom And Gomorrah Show
• The Sound of The Atom Splitting
• The Sound Of The Atom Splitting (12" Mix)
• THE SURVIVORS
• The Theatre
• The Truck-driver And His Mate
• The View From Your Balcony
• The Way It Used To Be
• The Way Through the Woods
• The White Dress
• This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
• This Used To Be The Future
• Thursday (Part. Example)
• Time on My Hands
• To Face the Truth
• To Speak Is a Sin
• To Step Aside
• Together
• Tonight Is Forever
• Too Many People
• Transfer
• Transparent
• Try It (I'm In Love With a Married Man)
• Twentieth century
• Twenty-something
• Two Divided By Zero
• Undertow
• Up Against It
• Up and Down
• Vampires
• Violence
• Violence (Haçienda version)
• Viva La Vida/Domino Dancing
• Vocal
• Vulnerable
• Was It Worth It?
• Was That What it Was?
• We All Feel Better in the Dark
• We All Feel Better In The Dark (brothers In Rhythm Ambient Mix)
• We Came From Outer Space
• We're All Criminals Now
• We're the Pet Shop Boys
• Wedding in Berlin
• West End Girls
• West End Girls (Dance Mix)
• What are we going to do about the rich?
• What Have I Done To Deserve This?
• What Keeps Mankind Alive?
• Where The Streets Have no Name (I Can't Take my Eyes Off You)
• Why Don't We Live Together?
• Wiedersehen
• Will-o-the-wisp
• Winner
• Yesterday, When I Was Mad
• You are the one
• You Choose
• You Know Where You Went Wrong
• You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
• You've Got To Start Somewhere
• Young Offender
• Your Early Stuff
• Your Funny Uncle