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Artist: Reef
Canonical path: /reef/pretenders
Related lyric paths: 6
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Pretenders
Read Pretenders lyrics by Reef on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Pretenders
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Come on
When they get to your heart
They're gonna work you out
And when they do they'll stop following
When they do they'll stop following you
Speak your name again and they run away
Laughing loud as they run away
Don't kid yourself they're laughing at you
One day soon
You say you're gonna
Chase your dream
You do it now or you never will
No you won't they'll walk right through you
Confused kids shout out that they paid money
Paid money to watch you not believe
Paid money and now they're leaving
They're gone they're not returning
Because you are pretending
Come on
What i sing about oh well never mind
But listen up and i'm sure you'll find
I sing of you and you'll never notice
Words i sing they're helping me to believe
It's more than that
You know it makes me breathe
With breath in blood i know i'm living
They're gone they're not returning
Because you are so boring
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