Pretending

Album: Journeyman (1989)
Charted: 96 55
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  • How many times must we tell the tale?
    How many times must we fall?
    Living in lost memory you just recalled

    Working on the sound of the band
    Trying to get the music right
    Two go out work
    Three stay home at night

    That's when she said she was pretending
    Like she knew the plan
    That's when I knew she was pretending
    Pretending to understand

    Pretending
    Pretending
    Pretending
    Pretending

    Satisfied, but lost in love
    Situations change
    You're never who you used to think you are
    How strange

    That's when she said she was pretending
    Like she knew the plan
    That's when I knew she was pretending
    Pretending to understand

    Pretending
    Pretending
    Pretending
    Pretending (pretending, pretending)

    I get lost in alibis
    Sadness can't prevail
    Everybody knows how love can't fail

    Don't be pretending
    'Bout how you feel
    Don't be pretending
    The love is real
    Don't be pretending
    'Bout how you feel
    Don't be pretending
    To love is real

    Pretending
    Pretending
    Pretending
    Pretending (pretending, pretending) Writer/s: Jerry Lynn Williams
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Dustin from Nashville, TnPhil Collins DID NOT play drums on this track nor any other track on the album except for "Bad Love". The drums for "Pretending" as well as "No Alibis" were actually a drum machine. The original demos of these songs did have a real drummer but when recording time came, they went with the machine.
  • Mike from Santa Barbara, CaThis is one of Clapton's best songs. Many will also remember the excellent video, which captures a sense of life in the city from the view of lonely, untrusting singles.
  • Rusty from Lake Park, MnAmazing song! Journeyman is definitly a great album
  • Mike from Hueytown , AlI can't believe this song did not chart high. Another rich and soulful song
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