Latest / Heart Banter/Music Covers & Acoustic Guitar / "The Pretender:" Dreams Versus Ordinary Life
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- 0:20I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of a freeway Gonna pack my lunch in the and go to work each day and when the evening rolls around I go on home and lay my body down when the morning light comes streaming in get up and do it again say it again I want to know what became of the change we waited for love to bring Were they only the fitful dreams Some greater awakening I've been aware of the time going by let's say in the end it's a wake of an eye 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 Terrans sing and the church bells ring and the churchman pounds asunder where the veterans dream of the fight Fast asleep at the traffic light and the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor out into the cool of evening strolls a pretender he knows it all his hopes and dreams beginning and end Ah, the laughter of the lovers as they run through the night Leaving nothing for the others but to cheese off and fight and tear at the world with all their might by the ships bearing their dreams sail at a side I'm gonna find myself a girl who can show me what laughter and we'll fill in the missing colors of each other's paint by number dreams and then we'll put our dark glasses on and we'll make love until our strength is gone and when the morning light comes streaming in I'll get up and do it again get it up again I'm gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender Worthy idiots they came Lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender and believe in whatever may lie in those dreams that money can buy where true love tell me the contender Are you there?
- 4:23Say a prayer for the pretender who started out so young and strong Only to surrender Set prayer for the pretender Are you there for the Pretender?
- 4:54Separate for the Pretender.