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Artist: John Fogerty
Canonical path: /john-fogerty/call-it-pretending
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Call It Pretending
Read Call It Pretending lyrics by John Fogerty on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Call It Pretending
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What would you have me do
Just turn and walk out on you
And leave you standing there
Pretending I don't care
When you know as well as I
That would be nowhere
Shouldn't I be with you
What would you have me say
After I walk away
Would it be the end
Or just a second wind
For the good old song
That we use to call pretending
Shouldn't I be with you
It's not the first time
That you had me turn away
I don't know it won't be the last time
But you got to say you got to
Should we make a brand new start
Or are you gonna break my heart
And leave me standing there
Pretending I don't care
When you know as well as I
That would get us nowhere
Will it be the end
Or just a second wind
For the good old song
That we use to call pretending
Shouldn't I be with you
Shouldn't I be with you
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