The Saints Let’s Pretend
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We all take a drink from the cup, then she politely knocks it over
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I said I think that I've had enough and she says, no no this is not over
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Because there is no innocence or beauty in
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What I have seen in your face so, let's pretend
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I got up to take a walk across the floor, but my feet they wouldn’t hold me
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She said you never should’ve come into this bar
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And I said no I should never have come in
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But I had been sold down the river too, somebody sold me,
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It could have been you
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So every day time slips away, there is nothing to contain it,
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These eyes of mine don't see the sense of trying to control it
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Because every time you stand up, you're bound to fall
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And sometimes we only just pretend
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Have you ever seen the blind man as he stumbles and falls
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I am just like that blind man, my hands are tied, I can't see anymore
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We all take a drink from the cup, then she politely knocks it over
Am C G
I said I think that I've had enough and she says no no this is not over
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Because there is no innocence or beauty in, what I have seen in your face so
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Let's pretend
