The Pretender Lyrics

Gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway
I'm gonna pack my lunch in the morning and go to work
each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen

I wanna know what became of the changes we waited for
love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams of each others
awakening
I've been aware of the time going by
They say the end is the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Amen

Caught between the longing for love and the struggle
for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vender

Out into the cool of the evening strools the pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams begin and end
there

I'm gonna find myself a boy who can show me what
laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors of each others
paint by number dreams
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strenghth is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Do it again

I'm gonna be a happy idiot struggle for the legal tender
Where the eyes take aim
And lay their claim to the heart and the sole of the
spender
And believe in whatever may lie
And those things the money can buy
Your true love could have been a contender

Are you there
Say a prayer for the pretender
Who started out so young and stong
Only to surrender

Ahh
The laughter of the lovers as they run through the
night
Leaving nothing for the others but to choose off and
fight
And chilling the world with all their might
While the ships, barring their dreams, sail out of
sight
Say a prayer, Say a prayer, Say a prayer, Say a prayer
for the pretender
Say a prayer, Say a prayer for the pretender
[Ahh the lovers as they run through the night]
Say a prayer, Say a prayer, Say a prayer, Say a prayer
for the pretender
Say a prayer, Say a prayer
Say a prayer, Say a prayer, Say a prayer, Say a prayer
for the pretender
Say a prayer, Say a prayer, Saya prayer for the
pretender
Say a prayer for the pretender

Gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway
I'm gonna pack my lunch in the morning and go to work
each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen

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