Love is a bourgeois construct (nighttime radio edit, 2023 Remaster) - Pet Shop Boys

I've been taking my time for a long time

Putting my feet up a lot

Speaking english as a foreign language

Any words

That I haven't forgot

I've been thinking

How I can't be bothered

To wash the dishes or remake the bed

What's the point

When I could dust instead

When you walked out you did me a favor

You made me see reality

That love is a bourgeois construct

It's a blatant fallacy

You won't see me with a bunch of roses

Promising fidelity

Love doesn't mean a thing to me

Talking tough and feeling bitter

We're better now it's clear to me

That love is a bourgeois construct

So I've given up the bourgeoisie

Bourgeois bourgeoisie

Now I'm digging through

My student paper bags

Flicking through karl marx again

Searching for the soul of england

Drinking tea like tony benn

Love is just a bourgeois construct

So I'm giving up the bourgeoisie

Until you come back to me

Bourgeois bourgeoisie bourgeoisie

Bourgeois

Talking tough and feeling bitter

We're better now it's clear to me

That love is a bourgeois construct

So I've given up the bourgeoisie