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