Can't you see that it's just rainin' We could pretend it all the time There ain't no need to go outside You hardly even notice When I try to show you this Song is meant to keep you Wakin' up too early Maybe we could sleep in

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh) My need is

And what we were, and what we are, If I could, take you there, You won't have to wonder what we are, I can pretend that I don't see you, If I could, for just one night, to be with you, to make it right, Is hidden, in the scars, Cause you wont have to

Forever we say goodnight and go home Shandi, tonight must last us forever But you know me very well, and I know you You can't tell me goodnight (say goodnight) I just can't pretend no more I keep runnin' out of lies Lovin' you is killin' me inside Every

Can we pretend Paint a portrait of tomorrow Can We Pretend That from now on There is no yesterday With no colors from today There's a light that shine in your face sometimes That takes my feeling wraps them around your need

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone. Let's pretend that we're together, all alone. I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low, And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go. Whisper to me, tell me do you love me true,

I'm torn into pieces Can't deny it Can't pretend Just thought you were the one Broken up deep inside But you won't get to see the tears I cry Behind these hazel eyes

Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around Oh yes, I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh) My need is

We can just pretend We'll make it home again From everything now I'm in the black again Not coming back again I'm in the red again No space in my head again

How can you ever sleep a wink at night, Pretending that everything is alright, Never in my life have I seen someone On and on and on and on it goes, You're the rotted root in the family tree. We're taught unconditional love, That blood is thicker than