let me pretend

from no parenthesis by SwampBirds

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lyrics

Please don't wake me - just let me sleep
Everything's better in my dreams
Where the skis are always blue
And I'm lying in the grass with you
And you're smiling at me
The way you used to do

Please don't wake me - just let me pretend
Let me pretend this isn't the end
And that you still feel the way
That you did on that first day
And we've still got something more
Left to share than the rent

From here in my bed
I can still pretend
That you're still in love with me
Still in love with me

Please don't wake me - I can't bear these days
Watching your love drifting away
Now the skies are always gray
And the sun won't shine his face
And every time I look at you
You're looking away

Please don't wake me - just let me sleep
I don't want to lose my dream
I don't want to wake and see
You packing up and leaving me
Leaving me
Nothing but dreams

Your love started slipping away a long time ago
And where the heart leads
You know a body must follow
So please don't wake me when you depart
I'm scared my body might follow my heart
Ten thousand leagues under sorrow

When from here in this bed
I can pretend instead
That you're still in love with me
So let me dream
Just let me dream
Go on and leave me
To my dreams.

credits

from no parenthesis, released November 16, 2017
Music and lyrics written by Jen Long
Jen Long: vocals, guitar
Bronwen Konecky: vocal harmonies, guitar
Sue Metro: lap steel, bass
Pedro Weinberg: drums

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SwampBirds Providence, Rhode Island

Summer 2021 line-up
Jen Long::Electric Guitar, vocals
Kate Mick::Banjo, vocals
Pedro Weinberg::Drums, vocals
Brian Jablonski::Pedal Steel
Aaron Jaehnig::Electric Bass
Steve Donovan::Bass, vocals

Jennifer Jane, Dana Lane::Backup Vocals ... more

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