The Pretender (On Saturday Night Live 1977)-Jackson Browne

[ti:The Pretender (On Saturday Night Live 1977)] [ar:Jackson Browne] [al:On Stage - The Legendary 1976 Broadcast] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Pretender (On Saturday Night Live 1977) - Jackson Browne (杰克逊·布朗) [00:24.11]I'm going to rent myself a house [00:26.85] [00:28.01]In the shade of the freeway [00:30.16] [00:33.69]Going to pack my lunch in the morning [00:35.88] [00:37.74]And go to work each day [00:40.71] [00:43.04]The evening rolls around [00:45.20] [00:46.90]I'll go on home and lay my body down [00:50.31] [00:51.79]And when the morning light comes streaming in [00:54.58] [00:55.52]I'll get up and do it again [00:56.86] [00:58.74]Amen [00:59.08] [01:00.13]Say it again [01:00.99] [01:02.03]Amen [01:03.01] [01:05.12]I want to know what became of the changes [01:07.83] [01:09.03]We waited for love to bring [01:12.17] [01:14.29]Were they only the fitful dreams [01:16.40] [01:17.57]Of some greater awakening [01:20.28] [01:23.16]I've been aware of the time going by [01:25.90] [01:27.51]They say in the end it's the wink of an eye [01:30.18] [01:32.07]And when the morning light comes streaming in [01:35.25] [01:35.93]You'll get up and do it again [01:37.35] [01:39.05]Amen [01:39.52] [01:45.15]Caught between the longing for love [01:48.14]And the struggle for the legal tender [01:50.39] [01:54.85]Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring [01:58.58] [01:59.30]And the junk man pounds his fender [02:01.70] [02:03.69]Where the veterans dream of the fight [02:06.60] [02:07.99]Fast asleep at the traffic light [02:10.58] [02:12.74]And the children solemnly wait [02:15.53] [02:16.55]For the icecream vendor [02:18.00] [02:21.22]Out into the cool of the evening [02:23.77] [02:24.82]Strolls the pretender [02:26.61] [02:30.54]He knows that all his hopes and dreams [02:33.23] [02:35.13]Begin and end there [02:36.61] [02:45.40]Ah the laughter ah the laughter as they run through the night [02:49.28] [02:54.76]Leaving nothing leaving nothing but to choose off and fight [02:58.58] [03:01.63]And tear at the world with all their might [03:05.02] [03:06.60]While the ships bearing their dreams sail out of sight [03:12.00] [03:15.62]I'm going to find myself a girl [03:17.71] [03:19.58]Who can show me what laughter means [03:22.30] [03:25.15]And we'll fill in the missing colors [03:27.78] [03:28.81]In each other's paint by number dreams [03:32.23] [03:34.61]We'll put our dark glasses on [03:36.75] [03:38.48]And we'll make love until our strength is gone [03:41.97] [03:43.40]And when the morning light comes streaming in [03:46.03] [03:47.16]We'll get up and do it again [03:48.49] [03:51.83]Get it up again [03:52.45] [03:55.89]I'm going to be a happy idiot [03:58.20] [03:59.25]And struggle for the legal tender [04:01.24] [04:05.53]Where the ads take aim and lay their claim [04:09.19] [04:10.25]To the heart and the soul of the spender [04:12.62] [04:14.23]And believe in whatever may lie [04:17.25] [04:18.72]In those things that money can buy [04:21.38] [04:23.51]Though true love could have been a contender [04:28.16] [04:32.34]Are you there [04:32.96] [04:34.74]Say a prayer for the pretender [04:37.52] [04:41.08]Who started out so young and strong [04:43.18] [04:44.64]Only to surrender [04:45.83] [04:49.99]Say a prayer say a prayer for the pretender [04:55.64] [04:59.25]Are you there [04:59.98] [05:01.57]Are you there [05:02.32] [05:03.64]For the pretender [05:04.69] [05:08.14]Say a prayer say a prayer for the pretender [05:13.70] [05:17.25]Are you there [05:18.23] [05:18.91]Are you there [05:20.40] [05:21.59]For the pretender