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Artist: Boo Hewerdine
Canonical path: /boo-hewerdine/new-pretender
Related lyric paths: 6
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New Pretender
Read New Pretender lyrics by Boo Hewerdine on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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New Pretender
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Here comes the new pretender
A Bible in his hand
He thinks he will be happy
He thinks that life is grand
I have learned how to be grateful
For the scraps that fall from your table
Here comes the new pretender
He looks just like the old
He will get a big surprise
When he finds hell is cold
There are thosse who want to own you
Then one day they won't phone you
And in every sleepy town
You'll find heads full of dreams
Heads full of dreams
There goes the new pretender
But he won't last that long
There will be a new face
To sing the same old song
He will learn how to be grateful
For the scraps that fall from your table
Here comes the new pretender
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Boo Hewerdine performs "New Pretender", and this lyric page sits inside the Boo Hewerdine catalog on LyroVerse.
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