The Pretender-Jackson Browne

[ti:The Pretender] [ar:Jackson Browne] [al:Solo Acoustic Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Pretender - Jackson Browne (杰克逊·布朗) [00:18.78]I'm going to rent myself a house [00:21.27] [00:22.14]In the shade of the freeway [00:24.20] [00:27.89]I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning [00:30.38] [00:31.57]And go to work each day [00:34.19] [00:36.06]And when the evening rolls around [00:38.68] [00:40.31]I'll go on home and lay my body down [00:43.39] [00:44.77]And when the morning light comes streaming in [00:48.02] [00:48.76]I'll get up and do it again [00:50.82] [00:51.94]Amen [00:52.57] [00:53.50]Say it again [00:54.38] [00:55.31]Amen [00:55.81] [00:58.37]I want to know what became of the changes [01:01.05] [01:02.06]We waited for love to bring [01:05.30] [01:07.48]Were they only the fitful dreams [01:09.54] [01:10.48]Of some greater awakening [01:12.90] [01:16.09]I've been aware of the time going by [01:18.96] [01:20.40]They say in the end it's the wink of an eye [01:23.39] [01:24.77]And when the morning light comes streaming in [01:28.07] [01:28.88]You'll get up and do it again [01:30.81] [01:33.57]Amen [01:34.37] [01:37.74]Caught between the longing for love [01:40.36] [01:41.12]And the struggle for the legal tender [01:43.36] [01:47.61]Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring [01:51.10] [01:51.72]And the junk man pounds his fender [01:54.40] [01:56.22]Where the veterans dream of the fight [01:59.21] [02:00.27]Fast asleep at the traffic light [02:02.83] [02:05.32]And the children solemnly wait [02:07.70] [02:08.57]For the ice cream vendor [02:10.57] [02:13.25]Out into the cool of the evening [02:15.87] [02:16.80]Strolls the Pretender [02:18.43] [02:22.36]He knows that all his hopes and dreams [02:25.23] [02:26.61]Begin and end there [02:28.41] [02:37.24]Ah the laughter of the lovers [02:39.80]As they run through the night [02:41.30] [02:46.04]Leaving nothing for the others [02:48.36]But to choose off and fight [02:49.85] [02:52.91]And tear at the world with all their might [02:56.48] [02:57.92]While the ships bearing their dreams [03:00.91] [03:01.65]Sail out of sight [03:03.22] [03:06.91]I'm going to find myself a girl [03:09.15] [03:10.58]Who can show me what laughter means [03:13.08] [03:15.84]And we'll fill in the missing colors [03:18.15] [03:19.61]In each other's paint by number dreams [03:22.45] [03:24.44]And then we'll put out dark glasses on [03:27.12] [03:28.75]And we'll make love until our strength is gone [03:32.18] [03:33.12]And when the morning light comes streaming in [03:36.30] [03:36.99]We'll get up and do it again [03:38.99] [03:41.91]Get it up again [03:42.85] [03:46.10]I'm going to be a happy idiot [03:48.59] [03:49.34]And struggle for the legal tender [03:51.15] [03:55.83]Where the ads take aim and lay their claim [03:59.82] [04:00.64]To the heart and the soul of the spender [04:03.14] [04:04.25]And believe in whatever may lie [04:06.75] [04:07.37]In those things that money can buy [04:11.50] [04:13.74]Thought true love could have been a contender [04:18.23] [04:22.18]Are you there [04:23.06] [04:24.73]Say a prayer for the Pretender [04:27.49] [04:30.92]Who started out so young and strong [04:33.72] [04:34.41]Only to surrender