The Pretender-Jackson Browne

[00:01.761] [00:18.484]I'm going to rent myself a house [00:22.464]In the shade of the freeway [00:28.694]I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning [00:32.905]And go to work each day [00:37.715]And when the evening rolls around [00:42.404]I'll go on home and lay my body down [00:47.144]And when the morning light comes streaming in [00:51.344]I'll get up and do it again Amen Say it again Amen [01:01.444]I want to know what became of the changes [01:05.872]We waited for love to bring [01:11.284]Were they only the fitful dreams [01:14.664]Of some greater awakening [01:20.484]I've been aware of the time going by [01:25.104]They say in the end it's the wink of an eye [01:30.134]And when the morning light comes streaming in [01:33.970]You'll get up and do it again Amen [01:44.06]Caught between the longing for love [01:46.826]And the struggle for the legal tender [01:53.836]Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring [01:58.496]And the junk man pounds his fender [02:03.162]Where the veterans dream of the fight [02:07.457]Fast asleep at the traffic light [02:12.727]And the children solemnly wait For the ice cream vendor [02:20.999]Out into the cool of the evening Strolls the Pretender [02:30.873]He knows that all his hopes and dreams Begin and end there [02:47.843]Ah the laughter of the lovers [02:49.533]As they run through the night [02:57.158]Leaving nothing for the others [02:58.938]But to choose off and fight [03:03.411]And tear at the world with all their might [03:08.492]While the ships bearing their dreams [03:12.292]Sail out of sight [03:17.972]I'm going to find myself a girl [03:22.112]Who can show me what laughter means [03:27.662]And we'll fill in the missing colors [03:31.622]In each other's paint-by-number dreams [03:36.992]And then we'll put our dark glasses on [03:41.682]And we'll make love until our strength is gone [03:46.195]And when the morning light comes streaming in [03:50.534]We'll get up and do it again Get it up again [04:00.154]I'm going to be a happy idiot [04:03.164]And struggle for the legal tender [04:10.124]Where the ads take aim and lay their claim [04:15.124]To the heart and the soul of the spender [04:19.154]And believe in whatever may lie [04:23.674]In those things that money can buy [04:28.344]Though true love could have been a contender [04:37.984]Are you there Say a prayer for the Pretender [04:47.398]Who started out so young and strong Only to surrender