The Pretenders Album

that's not honest
nothing you've said
why don't you tell someone
who'll believe you instead?
'cause i got this feeling
is it what they call deja vu?
i'm nodding my head yeah
but i don't believe you

if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again

I don't even care
so there's nothing to defend
it's so longwinded
like a story without an end
this elaborate yorn
you left behind like a breadcrumb trail
it's too hard to find the way out
of your fairytale

if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again
and you say that you're my friend
and you take me to your bed
as somebody else instead
and i wonder where you've been
and the other one began
if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again

don't take me there oh please i do thee implore
spare me the details
the entrails and the gore
i can see there's a point
you want to drage me in
to impress me and depress me
with your web of sin

if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again
if you lie to me again
if you...

You're always welcome
To stop on by
I'll be there baby
To get you high
You're thinking maybe
This one' for real
You don't know
How good you fell

Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time
Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time

Come on in
We can be free
No one will be here
No one will see
It's nobody's business
What we do
You want me
Baby I want you

Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time
Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time

Life is too tough
To work all day
What does it cost
To earn your pay
If the man is breaking your will
He won't reward you
But I will

Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time
Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time

Here we go again

Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time
Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time
Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time
Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time

Along by the canal
You can see the remnants of last night's reverie
As left by the local tenants
But these aren't the gifts they give free in shopping malls
This is real life that's sprayed across the tunnel walls

You know who your friends are
You know who your friends are
They're the ones who want to see you go far
You know who your friends are

The last time you tried to leave here for a working holiday
You said your mother needed you two thousand miles away
But no sooner on the tarmac you were met to be told
"We've been waiting for you
You just can't leave the fold,"

You know who your friends are
You know who your friends are
They're the ones who want to see you go far
You know who your friends are

They'll never let you go
They'll never let you know who your friends are
Know who your friends are

They say that loyalty is just for those who've earned it
Is that why they stole the sofa from your parking space and burned it?
You were hoping you could leave here with some teeth still in your head
But your friends on curtain row would rather see you dead

You know who your friends are
You know who your friends are
They're the ones who want to see you go far
You know who your friends are

(Chorus:)
I'm a very very complex person
I try to improve but you see how I worsen
I'll do anything to make you adore me,
or deplore me, but never ignore me

I got senses that I cannot control
My stomach's like a bottomless hole
My desires command me like a slave
I'm a knave, I can hardly behave

chorus

I'm a peacenik but I'm going off to war,
I couldn't even tell you what I'm really fighting for.
It seems right; at least it doesn't seem wrong
I'm a mixed-up, fucked-up singer of a song

chorus

I refuse to keep a gun in my purse
Imagine if I was feeling perverse
The builders and the workers when they whistle and they shout
I'd like to give them something to shout at me about

chorus

I'm a very very complex person
I'm a very very complex person

Anyway I got a plan to give it all away
I won't need a suitcase on judgment day
I'm a very very complex person...

fools must die
so it shall be
yake your place in history
show your face
don't be shy
the world rejoices
when fools die
they die, they must die
they die, they must die
everybody gather round
watch them falling to the ground
fools must die
so it shall pass
bow your head
raise your glass
don't ask when
don't ask why
ask for mercy
'cause fools die
they die, they die
they must die, die
everybody gather round
watch them stumble to the ground
fools must die
one by one
indulge yourself
as i have done
as you are now
so once was i
prepare for death
'cause fools must die
they die, they must die
they die, they must die
everybody gather round
watch them falling to the ground

You came to me when I was alone
Tried to drag me in to your danger zone
You told me things, got right inside
And showed me things I'd never tried
You got a hold, you wouldn't let go
You lied and lied and lied, it was a great big show

Everything about us looks wrong
But I swear it feels right

People talk, I hear them do it
They think they know and I never knew it
You're a gigolo, I've heard it said
But I've got a sweet name for you instead
They imagine what must thrill
Well, they'll never know for sure, but I will

Everything about us looks wrong
But I swear it feels right
Everything about us looks wrong
But I swear it feels right

Whispering is rude in public places
It's so obvious, it's written on their faces
They think you're taking me for a great big ride
And you know what's more, They're probably right
I'm hopping on with you tonight

You take me up and let me down
Don't like my friends to come around
If you're not center of the stage
You sulk and rant and go into a rage
Oh but I can leave at any time
But I'd miss the oh so absurd and the so sublime

Everything about us looks wrong
But I swear it feels right
Everything about us looks wrong
But I swear it feels right
Everything about us looks wrong
But I swear it feels right

You don't love me anymore
I can feel it
But I want you more than before
So I conceal it
Walk on, walk on babyt
Don't look back
This happy face is just a disguise
Oh baby
When love dies

Nothing breaks like a heart
Nothing breaks like a heart
Glass shatters, even cars fall apart
Nothing breaks like a heart

When you walked out
At first I celebrated
But this footlose fancy free stuff's overrated

Oh I got my way
Now I'm free to roam
These tears of laughter are just lies
Oh baby
When love dies

Nothing breaks like a heart
Nothing breaks like a heart
Glass shatters, even cars fall apart
Nothing breaks like a heart

Oh, oh, oh
I feel so bad bad bad
Oh, oh oh
I'm so sad sad sad
I wasn't this shook in the LA earthquake
How much can one heart break?

You don't love me anymore
I can feel it
But I want you more than before
So I conceal it
Walk on, walk on baby
Don't look back
This crumbling heart is no surprise
Oh baby, when love dies
Nothing breaks like a heart
Nothing breaks like a heart
Glass shatters, even cars fall apart
Nothing breaks like a heart
Oh, nothing breaks like a heart
Oh, nothing breaks like a heart
Oh, nothing breaks like a heart

If I'd known then
If only I had known
What, where or when
I would of kept you on the phone
Hindsight is tough
It's so obvious
Never enough for the two of us

I would of tried a little harder
I would have cried a little louder
I would have lied with more aplomb
I, I, I, I, I, I, I should have known

When we made love
Sometimes it was great
Just once or twice
I would have called it second rate
Anyway the days passed by in peace
I never though you needed
More release

I would of tried a little harder
I would have cried a little louder
I would have lied with more aplomb
I, I, I, I, I, I, I should have known

If I had...if, if, if
I should have, I should have
I could have, I could have
Oh f**k, I really miss you
I really miss you

I should have tried a little harder
I should have cried a whole lot louder
I should have lied
With more aplomb
I, I, If only I, I should have known

I'm the cleaning woman
Here to clean up your mess
I'm the clean up woman
Here to clean up your mess
I'm the cleaning woman
Here to clean up your mess
I'm the clean up woman
Here to clean up your mess

Women think men belong in resorts
We watch the children
They watch the sports
A man wouldn't help us
Even if he could
Whyile we clean up the mess
He's made of the neighborhood

I'm the cleaning woman
Here to clean up your mess
I'm the clean up woman
Here to clean up your mess
I'm the cleaning woman
Here to clean up your mess
I'm the clean up woman
Here to clean up your mess

Women refuse to witness the kill
Of man's safaris and his battles of will
She washes the wound he sustains in his fight
She cradles him in her arms all night

Woman is there
At the end of the day
She works as hard
As a man can play
She carries the blame
She doesn't deserve
She bears his name
When he loses his nerve

I'm the cleaning woman
Here to clean up your mess
I'm the clean up woman
Here to clean up your mess
I'm the cleaning woman
Here to clean up your mess
I'm the clean up woman
Here to clean up your mess

If it's games you want I've played a few
Let me say up front I'll lose to you
I can see you're a beginner
Well beginner's luck runs out
You think you're a winner
But let me tell ya
The winning's not what it's all about
You see, it's about the losing
Can't rest until I'm losing

At first you feel hungry
Then you're thirsty too
Then a desperate feeling comes over you
You think you can beat
What no one has before
Then you start to cheat
Before you know it
You're back for more

You see it's about the losing
Can't stop when I'm at the top
It's about the losing
Every time I win I have to start again
Can't rest, rest until I'm losing
A bluff's about as good as the getting will get
You see in this neighborhood
We're all in debt

A little more money
A little more fame
Who amongst us, if anybody
Wouldn't risk it all
To stay in the game
You see it's about the losing
Can't stop when I'm at the top
It's about the losing
Every time I win I have to start again

Can't rest, rest until I'm losing
Can't rest, rest until I'm losing
Can't rest, rest until I'm losing
It's about the losing
It's about the losing
It's about the losing

I've really made a fool of myself
I hit the wall but it never bothered you at all
oohhh
My pony bolted out too soon
Left me howling at the moon

Chorus:
You are my saving grace (oo my saving grace)
You put me in my place (you put me in my place)
I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face)
The clouds dissapper, and blue skies fill the space
You are my saving grace

I didn't know what I was s'posed to be
I tried to bluff, but I never offered you enough,
oohh
Now I'm feeling the remorse
I want you back because of course

Chorus:
You are my saving grace (oo my saving grace)
You put me in my place (you put me in my place)
I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face)
The clouds dissapper, and blue skies fill the space
You are my saving grace

Do you remember when, you gave your heart to me
I want it back again, I want it back again
Oh baby, Sweet baby

Won't you reconsider me?
Coz as anyone can see..

Chorus:
You are my saving grace (oo my saving grace)
You put me in my place (you put me in my place)
I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face)
The clouds dissapper, and blue skies fill the space
You are my saving grace
You are my saving grace

You are my saving grace
You put me in my place
I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face)
The clouds dissapper, and blue skies fill the space
You are my saving grace
You are my saving grace
You are my saving grace

Miguel has set up home
with a woman half my age
a half-wit in a leotard
stands on my stage

The standards have fallen
my value has dropped
but don't shed a tear
some walk like they own the place
whilst others creep in fear

Try if you can
to walk like a man
but if you don't come near
you've got to fly like an eagle
prowl like a lion in Africa
leap like a salmon home from the sea
to keep up with me
you've got to walk like a panther tonight

The old home town just looks the same
like a derelict man who has died out of shame
like a jumble sale left out in the rain
it's not good
it's not right

The standards have fallen
my value has dropped
but don't shed a tear
some walk like they own the place
whilst others creep in fear

Try if you can
to walk like a man
but if you don't come near
you've got to fly like an eagle
prowl like a lion in Africa
leap like a salmon home from the sea
to keep up with me
you've got to walk like a panther tonight

Where did you leave your self respect
you like look like a reptile
your house is a wreck
your existence an insult
and stains that are suspect
cover your clothes

The standards have fallen
my value has dropped
but don't shed a tear
some walk like they own the place
whilst others creep in fear

Try if you can
to walk like a man
but if you don't come near
you've got to fly like an eagle
prowl like a lion in Africa
leap like a salmon home from the sea
to keep up with me
you've got to walk like a panther tonight
walk like a panther tonight
to keep up with me you've got to walk like a panther...