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Artist: Bill Withers
Canonical path: /bill-withers/can-we-pretend
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Can We Pretend
Read Can We Pretend lyrics by Bill Withers on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Can We Pretend
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Can we pretend
That from now on
There is no yesterday
Paint a portrait of tomorrow
With no colors from today
There's a light that shine in your face sometimes
That takes my feeling wraps them around your need
But there's shadow hiding in your heart sometimes
That makes my feelings turn back in on me
Can we pretend
The pain is gone
And go our merry way
Paint a portrait of tomorrow
With the colors bright and gay
There's a light that shine in your face sometimes
That takes my feeling wraps them around your need
But there's shadow hiding in your heart sometimes
That makes my feelings turn back in on me
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Bill Withers performs "Can We Pretend", and this lyric page sits inside the Bill Withers catalog on LyroVerse.
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