It's a sin

"It's a sin" is a cover song released by LorD and Master, originally by Pet Shop Boys. The song reached number one in the UK charts in 1987 and is described by Neil Tennant as "a catholic disco record".

Lyrics

When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame

For everything I longed to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It's a
It's a
It's a
It's a sin
It's a sin

Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed

For everything I longed to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It's a
It's a
It's a
It's a sin
It's a sin

Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

Father, forgive me
I tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf
Then tore right through it

Whatever you taught me
I didn't believe it
Father, you fought me
'cause I didn't care
And I still don't understand

So I look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame

For everything I longed to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too:
It's a 
It's a
It's a
It's a sin
It's a sin

Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to:
It's a sin

It's a
It's a
It's a
It's a sin

It's a 
It's a
It's a
It's a sin
It's a sin

Confiteor dei omnipotente vorbis fratre quia peccavi mimis cogitatione verbo, opere et omissione, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa

Versions

• Appears on Obviously.
• 2015 version appears on Influence.

Personnel

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