Pet Shop Boys — To Step Aside

[Verse 1] By the cathedral, into the sun Pilgrims are singing, their journey done I look at my short life and think Of all the champagne that I drink With all the faces that I know And how much further can one go? [Chorus] And if I decide to step aside I will try to reply to the feelings I hide [Verse 2] I look from my window, down to the square At workers still queueing patiently there For market forces to provide What history's so far denied For a different kind of fate Than to labour long and always wait [Chorus] And if I decide to step aside I will try to return to the person inside [Bridge] Will I always need you? Would you want me to? Can you love me for good The way you thought you could? [Verse 3] Or will Spring bring rain and Summer burn? Will tears at last precede the turn From Summer warmth to sudden cold As certainly as growing old? [Chorus] And if I decide to step aside I will try to forget all the tears I'll have cried