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Artist: Sara Bareilles
Canonical path: /sara-bareilles/pretend
Related lyric paths: 6
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Pretend
Read Pretend lyrics by Sara Bareilles on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Pretend
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I know we're headed for the open road.
Don't know where to go.
We've got our separate ways in the same direction Getting nowhere slow.
We saw the end was coming, the credits rolling in
A few hundred miles back
Oh but our horizon tends to be deceiving
You never quite know where it's at.
CHORUS
Baby can we just pretend we're not telling lies and this ain't ending.
No talk no time no goodbyes.
Nothing left of expectations just you and me and impulsive creations,
With an alibi.
If a moment is precious for it's brevity
Then this one's good as gold.
It's a compromise of little white lies
The truth remains untold.
CHORUS
Do what you will but don't go darlin'
No story ends before it's started
Final words and we'll be on our way
One last thing my dear departed
Save tomorrow for the broken hearted
Don't let it break today
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Sara Bareilles performs "Pretend", and this lyric page sits inside the Sara Bareilles catalog on LyroVerse.
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