The Pretender Songtext
von Saving Jane

I′m 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 some greater 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 junkman pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
As they sleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor

Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls 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
In 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
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 odds take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can't buy
Though it's true love could have been a contender

Are you there?
Say a prayer for the pretender

Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender

All the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
(All the laughter, all the laughter)
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose up and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing 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, say a prayer)
For the pretender (All the lovers as they run through the night)
Say a prayer (Say a prayer, say a prayer)
For the pretender (Say a prayer for the pretender)
(Say a prayer, say a prayer)
For the pretender

Say a prayer (Say a prayer, say a prayer)
Prayer (Say a prayer for the pretender)
(Say a prayer, say a prayer)
For the pretender (Say a prayer for the pretender)

Say a prayer
For the pretender

I′m 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