The Pretender-Saving Jane

[ti:The Pretender] [ar:Saving Jane] [al:Girl Next Door] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]The Pretender - Saving Jane [00:00.25]Written by：Jackson Browne [00:00.41]Going to rent myself a house [00:02.99] [00:03.52]In the shade of the freeway [00:05.78] [00:07.96]I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning [00:11.68]And go to work each day [00:14.91] [00:15.54]And when the evening rolls around [00:18.39] [00:19.44]I'll go on home and lay my body down [00:23.34]And when the morning light comes streaming in [00:26.42]I'll get up and do it again [00:28.39]Amen [00:29.20] [00:30.96]I want to know what became of the changes [00:33.76]We waited for love to bring [00:36.29] [00:37.76]Were they only the fitful dreams [00:40.28]Of some greater awakening [00:42.73] [00:44.55]I've been aware of the time going by [00:47.83]They say in the end it's the wink of an [00:50.09]Eye [00:50.86] [00:51.40]And when the morning light comes streaming in [00:54.25]You'll get up and do it again [00:56.03]Amen [00:56.75] [00:57.89]Caught between the longing for love [01:00.15]And the struggle for the legal tender [01:02.45] [01:05.18]Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring [01:09.00]And the junk man pounds his fender [01:11.35] [01:12.07]Where the veterans dream of the fight [01:15.48]Fast asleep at the traffic light [01:18.08] [01:19.12]And the children solemnly wait [01:21.41]For the ice cream vendor [01:23.42] [01:25.68]Out into the cool of the evening [01:28.64]Strolls the pretender [01:31.29] [01:32.70]He knows that all his hopes and dreams [01:35.67]Begin and end there [01:37.34] [01:39.55]I'm gonna love myself a boy [01:42.22]Who can show me what laughter means [01:44.65] [01:46.32]And we'll fill in the missing colors [01:48.75] [01:49.39]In each other's paint by number dreams [01:51.73] [01:53.17]And then we'll put our dark glasses on [01:55.73] [01:56.51]And we'll make love until our strength is gone [02:00.06]And when the morning light comes streaming in [02:02.35] [02:02.90]We'll get up and do it again [02:04.33] [02:06.54]Do it again [02:07.59] [02:10.01]I'm going to be a happy idiot [02:12.12]Struggle for the legal tender [02:14.94] [02:17.12]Where the ads take aim and lay their claim [02:20.69]To the heart and the soul of the spender [02:23.44] [02:23.95]And believe in whatever may lie [02:27.47]In those things that money can buy [02:29.85] [02:30.89]Though true love could have been a contender [02:35.48] [02:37.82]Are you there [02:39.56]Say a prayer for the pretender [02:42.70] [02:44.55]Who started out so young and strong [02:47.53]Only to surrender [02:50.49] [02:55.87]Ah the laughter of the lovers [02:57.31]As they run through the night [02:59.21]Of the laughter of the laughter [03:02.59]Leaving nothing for the others [03:04.37]But to choose off and fight [03:06.25] [03:08.02]And tear at the world with all their might [03:11.07] [03:11.99]While the ships bearing their dreams [03:14.95]Sail out of sight sail out of sight [03:18.99]Say a prayer say a prayer say a prayer [03:23.02] [03:23.94]Say a prayer for there say a prayer say a prayer [03:28.56]Oh the pretender [03:30.98]Oh the lovers [03:31.67]As they run through the night [03:34.41]Say a prayer oh the pretender say a prayer for love pretender [03:40.24] [03:40.97]Say a prayer oh the pretender say a prayer say a prayer [03:50.12]Say a prayer say a prayer for the pretender [03:54.14] [03:54.74]Say a prayer oh the pretender [03:58.15]Say a prayer for the pretender [04:00.84]Say a prayer for the pretender [04:05.78] [04:11.56]I'm going to rent myself a house [04:15.09]In the shade of the freeway [04:17.80] [04:19.50]I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning [04:23.32]And go to work each day [04:26.60] [04:27.19]And when the evening rolls around [04:29.97] [04:30.70]I'll go on home and lay my body down [04:34.41] [04:35.13]And when the morning light comes streaming in [04:38.20]I'll get up and do it again [04:41.04] [04:42.14]Amen