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A Man Could Get Arrested Lyrics by Pet Shop Boys

Please: Further Listening 1984 – 1986

1985

[Intro: Neil Tennant]
Do it
Do it
Do it now
Do it
Do it now
[Verse 1: Neil Tennant]
How much longer you gonna sit and talk to me?
You've got so many problems and a split personality
You want to see a doctor before our love is tested
How much longer? A man could get arrested
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
If you wanna walk, don’t talk, do it
If you wanna earn, learn how to do it
And if you wanna ride, don’t hide, do it
And if you wanna stay, don’t say, prove it
[Verse 2: Neil Tennant]
"You got your health, you got everything", that’s what my doctor said
You may not have much cash, but you’ve got a roof over your head
Of course, I said "I loved you", not just ’cause you insisted
How much longer? A man could get arrested
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
If you wanna walk, don’t talk, do it
If you wanna earn, learn how to do it
[Post-Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Oh babe, why don’t we do it now?
Why don't we do it now?
Oh babe, why don’t we do it now?
Why don’t we do it?
[Interlude: Neil Tennant]
Now!
Do it
Do it
Now!
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant]
Late on Tuesday evening, such a commotion in the street
Someone broke a window, someone’s head got beat
A wave of breaking bottles crashed across the city street
And someone got arrested for a breach of the peace
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
If you wanna walk, don’t talk, do it
If you wanna earn, learn how to do it
And if you wanna ride, don’t hide, do it
If you wanna stay, don’t say, prove it
[Post-Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Why don't we do it now?
Why don't we do it now?
Oh babe, why don’t we do it now?
Why don't we do it now?
[Bridge: Neil Tennant & Margo Buchanan]
(Why don’t we do it?)
Why don’t we
(Do it now)
(Why don’t we do it?)
Oh babe, why don’t we do it now?
(Do it now)
Why don’t we do it now?
Oh babe, oh babe (Do it now)
Tell me, why we don't do it now
(Do it now?)
[Outro: Neil Tennant & Margo Buchanan]
(You wanna walk)
(Don’t talk, do it now)
(You wanna earn)
(Learn, do it now)
(You wanna ride)
(Don’t hide, do it now)
(You wanna walk) Why don't we do it, do it now?
(Don’t talk, do it now) Do it, do it, do it now
(You wanna earn) Why don’t we do it, do it now?
(Learn, do it now) Oh babe, why don’t we do it now?
Do it, do it, do it now
Why don't we do it, do it now?
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About “A Man Could Get Arrested” by Pet Shop Boys

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"A Man Could Get Arrested" appears on "Please: Further Listening 1984 – 1986" in 1985.

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