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Rhythm 4.0 Melody 4.0 Instruments 4.0 Lyrics 5.0 Vocal 4.0 This song has been reviewed 2 times. Overall score for this song, 4.2.
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| Title | The Pretender |
| Artist | Jackson Browne |
| Album | Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 [2005],  Track 11  The Very Best of Jackson Browne [2004], Track 13 Best of...Live/The Next Voice You Hear: Best Of JB [2003], Track 6 Best of...Live/The Next Voice You Hear: Best Of JB [2003], Track 5 Disc 2The Next Voice You Hear:The Best of Jackson Browne [1997], Track 13 Best Of...Live [1996], Track 11 The Pretender [1993], Track 8 Retrospective [1993], Track 11 Rare and Live, Volume 1 [1987], Track 13 The Pretender [1976], Track 8 |
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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. 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 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?  submitted by Dave corrected by JML |
Send "The Pretender" ringtone to your cell| 2 comments |
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 10-12-2009 08:55 LudMan | |
 1,216 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal "are you there for the Pretender?" I honestly don't know. Though I do know that I AM the pretender. Yes,since I "once had a dream that sort of disintegrated at some point",I'm not too sure anymore of taking a "stab at a certain way of life that I see other people succeeding at" because I never was one for routine following(it just totally drains my soul). I DID make the mistake of thinking "I'm gonna find myself a girl who can show me what laughter means"(more than once). I just didn't "fill in the missing colors in her paint-by-number dreams". 
Please say a prayer for this pretender.  |
| 10-12-2009 08:37 LudMan | |
1,216 posts | rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Great song.(It hits TOO close to home to give a higher rating. Yes,I'd appreciate a prayer for the pretender. TY |