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West End Girls Lyrics

by Pet Shop Boys

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West End Girls Lyrics

Sometimes you're better off dead There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head You think you're mad, too unstable Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables In a restaurant in a West End town Call the police, there's a madman around Running down underground to a dive bar In a West End town In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls West End girls Too many shadows, whispering voices Faces on posters, too many choices If, when, why, what? How much have you got? Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? (How much do you need?) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls West End girls West End girls (How much do you need?) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls Oooh West End town, a dead end world East End boys, West End Girls West End girls You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone Just you wait 'til I get you home We've got no future, we've got no past Here today, built to last In every city, in every nation From Lake Geneva to the Finland station (How far have you been?) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls A West End town, a dead end world East End Boys, West End girls West End girls West End girls West End girls (How far have you been?) Girls East End boys And West End girls And West End girls (... forever) And West End girls (How far have you been?) East End boys The West End girls The West End boys And West End girls The West End girls The West End boys The West End girls

Meaning of West End Girls

“West End Girls” paints a bleak and unsettling portrait of urban isolation and despair within the glittering, yet ultimately hollow, landscape of London’s West End. The lyrics depict a world populated by “East End boys and West End girls,” trapped in a “dead end world” consumed by shadows and fragmented identities. Recurring questions – “How much have you got?”, “How far have you been?” – highlight the characters' anxieties about purpose, value, and connection, suggesting a profound sense of emptiness and instability. The imagery of a “heart of glass” or “stone,” coupled with the unsettling references to madness and violence (“gun in your hand”), underscores feelings of vulnerability and emotional fragility. Pet Shop Boys’ song isn't simply a narrative; it’s an exploration of alienation, disillusionment, and the desperate search for meaning within a modern, anonymous society, ultimately revealing a chilling sense of hopelessness.

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