[00:18.00]I'm going to rent myself a house
[00:21.50]In the shade of the freeway
[00:27.00]I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
[00:31.00]And go to work each day
[00:36.00]And when the evening rolls around
[00:41.00]I'll go on home and lay my body down
[00:46.00]And when the morning light comes streaming in
[00:50.00]I'll get up and do it again Amen Say it again Amen
[00:59.00]I want to know what became of the changes
[01:03.00]We waited for love to bring
[01:09.00]Were they only the fitful dreams Of some greater awakening
[01:17.00]I've been aware of the time going by
[01:22.00]They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
[01:27.00]And when the morning light comes streaming in
[01:30.00]You'll get up and do it again Amen
[01:39.00]Caught between the longing for love
[01:44.00]And the struggle for the legal tender
[01:50.00]Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
[01:55.00]And the junk man pounds his fender
[02:00.00]Where the veterans dream of the fight
[02:04.00]Fast asleep at the traffic light
[02:09.00]And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor
[02:17.00]Out into the cool of the evening strolls the pretender
[02:27.00]He knows that all his hopes and dreams begin and end there
[02:43.00]Ah the laughter of the lovers as they run through the night
[02:53.00]Leaving nothing for the others but to choose off and fight
[02:59.00]And tear at the world with all their might
[03:05.00]While the ships bearing their dreams
[03:09.00]Sail out of sight
[03:14.00]I'm going to find myself a girl
[03:18.00]Who can show me what laughter means
[03:23.00]And we'll fill in the missing colors
[03:27.00]In each other's paint-by-number dreams
[03:32.00]And then we'll put our dark glasses on
[03:37.00]And we'll make love until our strength is gone
[03:42.00]And when the morning light comes streaming in
[03:46.00]We'll get up and do it again Get it up again
[03:55.00]I'm going to be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender
[04:05.00]Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
[04:10.00]To the heart and the soul of the spender
[04:13.00]And believe in whatever may lie
[04:18.00]In those things that money can buy
[04:23.00]Though true love could have been a contender
[04:32.00]Are you there Say a prayer for the Pretender
[04:41.00]Who started out so young and strong Only to surrender
[04:54.00]Say a prayer for the Pretender
[05:02.00]Are you there Say a prayer for the Pretender
[05:12.00]Say a prayer for the Pretender
[05:19.00]Are you there