King's Cross

"King's Cross" is a song by Pet Shop Boys, covered by The Gliding Faces for the album, On the nose.

Lyrics

The man at the back of the queue was sent
 To feel the smack of firm government
 Lingered by the flyposter for a fight
 It's the same story every night
 
 I've been hurt
 And we've been had
 You leave home and
 You don't go back
 
 Someone told me Monday
 Someone told me Saturday
 Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
 Read it in a book
 Or write it in a letter
 Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee
 
 Only last night, I found myself lost
 By the station called King's Cross
 Dead and wounded on either side
 You know it's only a matter of time
 
 I've been good
 And I've been bad
 I've been guilty of hanging around
 
 Someone told me Monday
 Someone told me Saturday
 Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
 Read it in a book
 Or write it in a letter
 Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee
 
 So I went looking out today
 For the one who got away
 Murder walking around the block
 Ending up in King's Cross
 
 Good luck, bad luck 
 Waiting in a line
 It takes more than a matter of time
 
 Someone told me Monday
 Someone told me Saturday
 Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
 Read it in a book
 Or write it in a letter
 Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee
 And there's still no guarantee
 
 Someone told me Monday
 Someone told me Saturday
 Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way
 Read it in a book
 Or write it in a letter
 Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee
 And there's still no guarantee
 There is still no guarantee

Versions

• Appears on On the nose.

Personnel

• Produced and performed by Daniel Bailey-Graham and Max Herring.
• Written by Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe.