Jackson Browne quotThe Pretenderquot Live from Home
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Jackson Browne performs The Pretender for the 2020 Berklee School of Music Gala honoring Roger Brown • • Filmed, recorded and mixed by Kevin Smith • From his album, The Pretender • Click here to listen: http://hyperurl.co/jl2cql • • Subscribe to the official Jackson Browne’s YouTube channel: / @jacksonbrowneofficial • Watch more videos by Jackson Browne: • Jackson Browne - Top Tracks • Follow Jackson Browne: • Facebook: / jacksonbrowne • Instagram: / jacksonbrowne • Twitter: / jacksonbrowne • Visit Jackson’s website: https://www.jacksonbrowne.com • #JacksonBrowne #ThePretender #livefromhome • • • LYRICS: • I'm going to rent myself a house • In the shade of the freeway • I’m going to 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 • 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 junkman 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 • Ah the laughter of the lovers as they run through the night • Leaving nothing for the others 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 going 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 • Get it up again • I'm going to 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 • Written by Jackson Browne • (Swallow Turn Music, ASCAP) • Swallow Turn Music is administrated by Drive Music Publishing
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