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

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

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

And it's not that I'm evil Before you were born, I was already sinning I can't even be your friend It's not because the light here is brighter I just don't like to pretend Your mama's got nothing on me Your daddy's got nothing on me And the world that

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

Please don't remind me, put your past behind me It shines so bright it blinds me, I wish that this would end And I am not fine, last night I saw you online Your screen name used to be mine, why can't we just pretend? "I just forgot you were there" (na na

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

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,

(Everything now!) I can't live without (Everything now!) (Everything now!) I need it Stop pretending, you've got (Everything now!) I want it We turn the speakers up till they break 'Cause every time you smile it's a fake! Everything now La La La La La La

All I know is what I see, People think you're just so sweet, But they don't know you quite like I do. I guess they think that I'm a lucky guy, No matter how you cry, Do you think I'm crazy? And what can I do When you pretend that you're in love with me