Jackson first gives an explanation of the
song. Taken from a video I taped at Christmas
1994. Programme title Words and Music.
Subtitle American writers. Enjoy. I have.
Following a suggestion by RedKruzer I have
added the Jackson's wonderful lyrics.
I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen
Say it again
Amen
I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
Ive been aware of the time going by
They say in the end its the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Amen
Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells
ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there
Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight
I'm going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And well fill in the missing colors
In each others paint-by-number dreams
And then well put out dark glasses on
And well make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
Well get up and do it again
Get it up again
I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the pretender
Who started out so young and strong
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The Great Pretender by Freddie Mercury at
"the Gegen Willy Show"
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Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Foo Fighters - Let It Die
Foo Fighters - Erase Replace
Foo Fighters - Long Road to Ruin
Foo Fighters - Come Alive
Foo Fighters - Stranger Things Have Happened
Foo Fighters - Cheer Up Boys Your Make Up
Is Running
Foo Fighters - Summers End
Foo Fighters - Ballad of the Beaconsfield
Miners
Foo Fighters - Statues
Foo Fighters - But Honestly
In Your Honor
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
Foo Fighters - No Way Back
Foo Fighters - Best of You
Foo Fighters - DOA
Foo Fighters - Hell
Foo Fighters - The Last Song
Foo Fighters - Free Me
Foo Fighters - Resolve
Foo Fighters - The Deepest Blues Are Black
Foo Fighters - End Over End
One by One
Foo Fighters - All My Life
Foo Fighters - Low
Foo Fighters - Have It All
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
Foo Fighters - Disenchanted Lullaby
Foo Fighters - Tired of You
Foo Fighters - Halo
Foo Fighters - Lonely As You
Foo Fighters - Overdrive
Foo Fighters - Burn Away
Foo Fighters - Come Back
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