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

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