Can We Pretend - Howard Dee

Can we pretend that I'm 22 today? Dancin' on the tables with you, oh yeah Can we pretend that we all end up okay? I just wanna forget with you, oh yeah Can we pretend that we both like the president? Oh yeah Can we pretend that I really like your shoes? Hell yeah Can we pretend? 'Cause honestly, reality, it bores me Let's pretend, oh, let's make believe Can we, can we pretend? Can we pretend? I remember what we wanted What we'd never take for granted How our daddy issues took us to LA If I'm honest, what I miss Is not knowin' what to say And the feeling of your lips And it haunts me every day When you'd tell me what you're thinking But I'd already know Screw this, I don't wanna let it go Oh yeah So can we pretend that I'm 22 today? Dancin' on the tables with you, oh yeah Can we pretend that we all end up okay? I just wanna forget with you, oh yeah Can we pretend that we both like the way it is? Hell yeah Can we pretend that we like these fake-ass dudes? Oh yeah Can we pretend? 'Cause honestly, reality, it bores me Let's pretend, oh, let's make believe Can we, can we pretend? Can we pretend that I'm 22 today? Dancin' on the tables with you, oh yeah Can we pretend that we all end up okay? I just wanna forget with you, oh yeah Can we pretend?

It's too hard to begin when we know it will end And if you got a friend, better leave with him Well if you only want us to dance, I can stand up I know that I need love, but I CAN'T PRETEND, I CAN'T PRETEND One day the moon will set for the last time Maybe we'll become part of a mountain We've always learned these things You know I'm not crying But you know I'm not trying to get It's too hard to begin when we know it will end And if you got a friend, better leave with him Well if you only want us to dance, I can stand up I know that I need love, but I CAN'T PRETEND, I CAN'T PRETEND, I CAN'T PRETEND Remember when you first touched my hand We sparkled inside at the same time And now it doesn't even matter It's too hard to begin when we know it will end And if you got a friend, better leave with him Well if you only want us to dance, I can stand up I know that I need love, but I CAN'T PRETEND, I CAN'T PRETEND, I CAN'T PRETEND I see the sky, high on a mountain It's too hard to begin when we know it will end I see the sky, high on a mountain I see the sky, high on a mountain

I have had my fun if I never get well no more. I have had my fun if I never get well no more. All of my health is failing; Lord, I'm going down slow, I'm going down slow. Please write my mother and tell her the shape I'm in. Please write my mother and tell her the shape I'm in. Tell her to pray for me, Forgive me for my sin, For all of my sin. On the next train south, look for my clothes back home. On the next train south, look for my clothes back home. 'Cause all of my health is failing; Lord, I'm going down slow, I'm going down slow. All of my health is failing; Lord, I'm going down slow, I'm going down slow. Feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow. I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow. I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow. I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow. I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.