Pretend

(Mark Erelli)

If my smile

Ever fails to make you swoon

If my kiss

Doesn't send you to the moon

If my arms

Hold no charms

There's no need for alarm

Don't reveal how you feel

Just pretend

If your heart

Starts to long for other men

If your eye

Tends to wander now and then

I know it seems

The grass is green

But that's just the stuff of dreams

Don't be fooled, don't be cruel

Just pretend

Just pretend

I'm still the one you need, dear

I won't care if it's only make believe, dear

Don't discard me like I'm the latest trend

Go through the motions of devotion

And pretend

Oh love

Is often tedious and hard, dear

It can't always be

A Hallmark card, dear

Try to find the spark within your heart again

Go through the motions of devotion

And pretend

I'd rather that you fake it

If you left I couldn't take it

You got my heart so don't you break it