Mongrel - Pet Shop Boys

I never knew my father

Berlin 1945

He forced himself onto my mother

All she did was stay alive

Afterwards he gave her vodka

And a Russian cigarette

Before he disappeared forever

And left her with one regret

Me, the little mongrel

Born at the edge of hell

Times were tough but I was tougher

I learned that lesson well

I never knew my mother

Just maybe day to day

She gave me food but no affection

What could she have to say

After a war that ended with me

The uninvited kid?

She never said she loved me

Because she never did

Me, the little mongrel

Born at the edge of hell

Life was rough but I was rougher

I learned that lesson well

I was always the problem

The one who made things worse

I made her old and bitter

I made her cry and curse

I never knew my father

Or where exactly he was from

Do you think he could have loved me

The product of his sperm?

Father, I never knew you

Mother, I was your curse

The crying little bastard

Who only made things worse

Me, the little mongrel

Born at the edge of hell

Times were tough but I was tougher

I learned that lesson well

Me, the little mongrel from hell