I Pretend Lyrics - Kim Carnes

(Martin Page/Brian Fairweather) 

Time hasn't healed the wound 

I wish I was in her shoes 

She's got the man I could never have 

My kisses were never missed 

How it hurts to be second best 

Oh let me tell you what I have to do 

To get through the night 

I pretend that you're loving me after dark 

Pretend that you're holding me next to your heart 

Pretend that you wanted me right from the start 

Oh I'm lost in my fantasy 

I pretend that your valentine is for me 

Pretend that I'm the only one that you need 

Pretend that we're making love in our dreams 

Oh I'm lost in my fantasy 

Memories that should have died 

Come alive when you walk on by 

I wish my eyes could turn away 

For this heart there is no escape 

When the truth is too hard to take 

Oh let me tell you what I have to do 

To get through the night 

I pretend that you're loving me after dark 

Pretend that you're holding me next to your heart 

Pretend that you wanted me right from the start 

Oh I'm lost in my fantasy 

I pretend that your valentine is for me 

Pretend that I'm the only one that you need 

Pretend that we're making love in our dreams 

Oh I'm lost in my fantasy 

I pretend that you're loving me after dark 

Pretend that you're holding me next to your heart 

Pretend that you wanted me right from the start 

Oh I'm lost in my fantasy 

I pretend that your valentine is for me 

Pretend that I'm the only one that you need 

Pretend that we're making love in our dreams 

Oh I'm lost in my fantasy