The Pretender-Jackson Browne

[ti:The Pretender] [ar:Jackson Browne] [al:I Write The Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]The Pretender - Jackson Browne (杰克逊·布朗) [00:00.02]Written by：Jackson Browne [00:00.04] [00:18.85]I'm going to rent myself a house [00:21.98] [00:22.66]In the shade of the freeway [00:25.23] [00:28.81]I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning [00:31.45] [00:33.15]And go to work each day [00:36.33] [00:38.06]And when the evening rolls around [00:41.20] [00:42.68]I'll go on home and lay my body down [00:46.32] [00:47.49]And when the morning light comes streaming in [00:50.85] [00:51.54]I'll get up and do it again [00:53.33] [00:54.93]Amen [00:55.38] [00:56.54]Say it again [00:57.51] [00:58.41]Amen [00:59.39] [01:01.74]I want to know what became of the changes [01:05.02] [01:05.94]We waited for love to bring [01:09.68] [01:11.55]Were they only the fitful dreams [01:13.97] [01:14.76]Of some greater awakening [01:17.74] [01:20.73]I've been aware of the time going by [01:23.74] [01:25.30]They say in the end it's the wink of an eye [01:28.25] [01:30.10]And when the morning light comes streaming in [01:33.22] [01:34.07]You'll get up and do it again [01:35.59] [01:37.17]Amen [01:38.04] [01:43.82]Caught between the longing for love [01:46.95]And the struggle for the legal tender [01:49.54] [01:53.77]Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring [01:57.85] [01:58.61]And the junk man pounds his fender [02:01.42] [02:03.22]Where the veterans dream of the fight [02:06.55] [02:07.53]Fast asleep at the traffic light [02:10.47] [02:12.39]And the children solemnly wait [02:15.87]For the ice cream vendor [02:18.39] [02:21.08]Out into the cool of the evening [02:23.85] [02:24.86]Strolls the pretender [02:27.00] [02:30.90]He knows that all his hopes and dreams [02:34.22] [02:35.89]Begin and end there [02:37.53] [02:46.59]Ah the laughter of the lovers [02:48.91]As they run through the night [02:50.95] [02:55.96]Leaving nothing for the others [02:58.44]But to choose off and fight [03:00.37] [03:02.98]And tear at the world with all their might [03:06.63] [03:08.54]While the ships bearing their dreams [03:11.56] [03:12.09]Sail out of sight [03:14.35] [03:17.75]I'm going to find myself a girl [03:20.32] [03:21.67]Who can show me what laughter means [03:24.98] [03:27.57]And we'll fill in the missing colors [03:30.48] [03:31.47]In each other's paint by number dreams [03:35.41] [03:36.89]And then we'll put out dark glasses on [03:40.39] [03:41.45]And we'll make love until our strength is gone [03:45.28] [03:46.36]When morning light comes streaming in [03:50.01]We'll get up and do it again [03:52.01] [03:55.24]Get it up again [03:56.18] [03:59.78]I'm going to be a happy idiot [04:02.48] [04:03.26]And struggle for the legal tender [04:06.79] [04:09.87]Where the ads take aim and lay their claim [04:13.73] [04:14.40]To the heart and the soul of the spender [04:17.43] [04:18.66]And believe in whatever may lie [04:22.13] [04:23.16]In those things that money can buy [04:26.51] [04:27.90]Thought true love could have been a contender [04:33.30] [04:37.46]Are you there [04:38.41] [04:39.70]Say a prayer for the pretender [04:42.64] [04:46.79]Who started out so young and strong [04:49.83] [04:50.47]Only to surrender [04:52.06] [04:58.85]Say a prayer for the pretender [05:01.74] [05:07.86]Are you there for the pretender [05:10.67] [05:17.04]Say a prayer for the pretender [05:20.08] [05:25.71]Are you there for the pretender [05:29.23] [05:35.51]Are you prepare for the pretender