The way it used to be

"The way it used to be" is a song by LorD and Master, originally recorded by Pet Shop Boys from their album, Yes.

Lyrics

I’m here
You’re there
Come closer
Tonight I’m lonely
Come here
with me
I want it
the way it used to be

What is left of love?
tell me
Who would even care?
So much time has passed
I’d still meet you anywhere
Water under bridge
evening after day
What is left of love here
that didn’t drift away?

I can remember days of sun
we knew our lives had just begun
We could do anything
We’re fearless when we’re young
Under the moon, address unknown
I can remember nights in Rome
I thought that love would last
A promise set in stone

I’d survive with only memories
if I could change the way I feel
But I want more than only memories
a human touch to make them real

Another day, another dream
over the bridge an empty scene
We’d spend the weekend lost in bed
and float upstream
I don’t know why we moved away
lost in the here and now we strayed
into a New York zone
Our promise was betrayed

I was there caught on Tenth Avenue
You elsewhere with Culver City blues
Then and there I knew that I’d lost you

What is left of love?
tell me
Who would even care?
So much time has passed
I’d still meet you anywhere
Water under bridge
evening after day
What is left of love here
that didn’t drift away?

Don’t give me all your northern pain
Don’t sell me New York in the rain
Let’s leave our promises behind
rewind
and try again

What remains in time
that didn’t fade away?
Sometimes I need to see
the way it used to be

Versions

• Appears on disc one of Platform.

Personnel

• Written by Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Nick Coler.
• Produced and performed by Daniel Graham.
• Additional vocals by Max Herring.