I'm gonna 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 wanna 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 get up and do it again
Yeah
Between the longing for love And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing And the church bells ring
And the junkman pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
You rest your sleep at the traffic light
And the children's son,
we wait for the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
strolls the pretender
He knows it all is hopes and dreams
beginning and end
Are the laughter of the lovers as they run through the night?
It ain't nothing for the others but to choose often fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams set 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
I'm
gonna be a happy
idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim
And lay the claim
to the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever made a lie
In those things that money can buy
Though 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
Say it
Say a prayer for the pretender
Thank you.
Thank you so much.