IT'S A SIN 
(Pet Shop Boys)

(Twenty seconds and counting... 
... t minus fifteen seconds ...) 

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 long 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 long 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 long 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 

(Confiteor Deo omnipotenti vobis fratres, quia peccavi nimis
cogitatione, 
verbo, opere et omissione, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea
maxima culpa) 
trans. "I confess to almighty God, 
and to you my brothers, 
that I have sinned exceedingly 
in thought, word, act and omission, 
through my fault, through my fault, 
through my most grievous fault" 