The Pretender Lyrics - Jackson Browne

I'm going to rent myself a house 

In the shade of the freeway 

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. 

Say it again 

Amen. 

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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 

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 

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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 gonna 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 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 

Get it up again 

I'm gonna be a happy idiot 

And struggle for the legal tender 

Where the ads 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 buy 

where 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. 

Say a prayer for the pretender 

Are you there for the pretender? 

Say a prayer for the pretender 

Are you there for the pretender? 

Are you prepared for the pretender?