The Pretender Karaoke - Jackson Browne

This title is a cover version of The Pretender as made famous by Jackson Browne

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With backing vocals (with or without vocals in the KFN version)

Tempo: variable (around 102 BPM)

In the same key as the original: G

Duration: 06:01 - Sample at: 02:47

Release date: 1977
Genres: Rock, In English
Original songwriter: Jackson Browne

All files available for download are backing tracks, they're not the original music.

Lyrics The Pretender

I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway

I'm 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

And 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

Of the lovers as they run through the night

Leaving nothing 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 he 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

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

Are you there for the pretender?

Are you prepared for the pretender?

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The Pretender Karaoke - Jackson Browne

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