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Composer: Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne - The Pretender lyrics



I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I'm going to 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
Say it again
Amen

I want to 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 in the end it's the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You'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 vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there

Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight

I'm going to find myself a girl
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 out 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
Get it up again

I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle fo
Songs list of album: Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 (2005)
         Title Rating
01    The Barricades of Heaven lyrics Add lyrics   -
02    Intro lyrics Add lyrics   -
03   These Days lyrics   -
04    Intro lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    The Birds of St. Marks [#] lyrics Add lyrics   -
06    Intro lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    Fountain of Sorrow lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Your Bright Baby Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    For a Dancer lyrics Add lyrics   -
10    Too Many Angels lyrics Add lyrics   -
11    Intro lyrics Add lyrics   -
12   For Everyman lyrics   -
13    Intro lyrics Add lyrics   -
14    Lives in the Balance lyrics Add lyrics   -
15    Intro lyrics Add lyrics   -
16    Looking East lyrics Add lyrics   -
17    Intro lyrics Add lyrics   -
18   The Pretender lyrics   -
19    Intro lyrics Add lyrics   -
20   Take It Easy lyrics   -
 

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