And when the evening rolls around
You'll get up and do it again
Get it up again
Begin and end there
Were they only the fitful dreams
To the heart and the soul of the spender
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
And we'll fill in the missing colors
Say a prayer for the pretender
Amen
Though true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
I'm going to be a happy idiot
While the ships bearing their dreams sail out of sight
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
I'm going to find myself a girl
Say it again
I'll go on home and lay my body down
For the pretender?
Are you there
I want to know what became of the changes
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
We'll get up and do it again
Say a prayer for the pretender
And when the morning light comes streaming in
Of some greater awakening?
Where the sirens sing and the Church bells ring
Where the veterans dream of the fight
For the pretender?
And the struggle for the legal tender
We waited for love to bring
Say a prayer for the pretender
Strolls the pretender
And when the morning light comes streaming in
Going to pack my lunch in the morning
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I've been aware of the time going by
Are you there
And struggle for the legal tender
And the junk man pounds his fender
Amen
For the icecream vendor
I'll get up and do it again
Amen
Ah, the laughter as they run through the night
Leaving nothing but to choose off and fight
Only to surrender
Who can show me what laughter means
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
Out into the cool of the evening
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And go to work each day
And the children solemnly wait
Are you there
In each other's paint by number dreams
And tear at the world with all their might
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
Who started out so young and strong
Caught between the longing for love
