I'll Pretend
Illusions of Love: Dwight Yoakam's Poetic Pretense
Lyrics
I'll make believe
I will create a false reality
That the sight of her in my head's seldom seen
Imagining her presence is a rare occurrence in my thoughts
And then insist
I will assert strongly
That I can't still taste the inside of her kiss
Claiming that I can no longer feel the memory of her kiss
With luck in time
With good fortune over time
I might even fool myself with both those lies
It's possible that I may deceive myself with both lies
Till there's no need
Until there is no necessity
I'll make believe
I will create a false reality
I'll just pretend
I will simply act as if
That she really never left me in the end
She never truly left me in the end
And all night long
All through the night
Swear right up and down round here, there's nothin' wrong
Declare emphatically that there is nothing wrong
With work my mind
By focusing on my work
Could cause the truth to get lost or hard to find
My thoughts could obscure or make it difficult to discover the truth
But until then
But until that time
I'll just pretend
I will simply act as if
Oh, how I wish you could've seen her
Expressing a desire for someone to witness her returning and pleading with me
Come crawlin' back a beggin' me
If that had happened, I wouldn't need her as much as I currently do
'Cause if you had, I wouldn't need her
Like I do so desperately
Expressing desperation in needing her
I'll just pretend
I will simply act as if
That she really never left me in the end
She never truly left me in the end
And all night long
All through the night
Swear right up and down 'round here, there's nothing wrong
Declare emphatically that there is nothing wrong
With work my mind
By focusing on my work
Could cause the truth to get lost or hard to find
My thoughts could obscure or make it difficult to discover the truth
But until then
But until that time
I'll just pretend
I will simply act as if
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