Waste Not Want Not - Pretenders 2

Take, take, take, takin’ what you don’t need You’ll get, get, gettin’ what you don’t need Stand back, take a look and take heed All the children in god’s kingdom bleed See the networks of concrete and steel They’ve no mystery but what they reveal Tells a story of a future that’s void Of the […]

The English Roses - Pretenders 2

Just before it rains The wind whips ’round the balcony And the sky closes on the english roses And she’ll be pacin’ ’round and ’round and ’round and ’round her room These storms always find here to remind her To the endless sky The pink over grey She looks for an answer But it’s too […]

The Adultress - Pretenders 2

I’m the adultress But i didn’t want to be and i’m convenient And i make good tea I stand accused Of the worst crime in history That’s my mystery I’m the adultress I go to the park With a bag of crumbs for the birds That’s where we meet without words He takes my hand […]

Talk Of The Town - Pretenders 2

Such a drag to want something sometime One thing leads to another i know Was a time wanted you for mine Nobody knew You arrived like a day And passed like a cloud I made a wish, i said it out loud Out loud in a crowd Everybody heard ’twas the talk of the town […]

Pack It Up - Pretenders 2

You guys are the pits of the world! Oh, this is no place for me Burnin’ down the interbelt, from jacuzzi to jacuzzi It’s all right for you man Gettin’ smashed, gettin’ suntanned But i know my place Where’s my suitcase? Pack it up or throw it away What i can’t carry, bury Oh you […]

Message Of Love - Pretenders 2

Now the reason we’re here As man and woman Is to love each other Take care of each other When love walks in the room Everybody stand up Oh it’s good, good, good Like brigitte bardot Now look at the people In the streets, in the bars We are all of us in the gutter […]

Louie Louie - Pretenders 2

Shh…here they come Now louie louie had his day Nothin’ gonna change it now The rats and snakes will never fade away Not while i’m alive Hey! hey! hey! hey! There come the cossacks The road spiders The super gliders Burnin’ trash, flickin’ class, all the white trash Yeah! Hey! hey! hey! hey! Now louie […]

Jealous Dogs - Pretenders 2

Those jealous dogs, always on the alert Tattle tale rights They’ll take your back and leave your shirt Like that jealous bitch Always wanting more The courts have made her rich And the click of high heels down the corridor Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs Those jealous dogs, detectives every one Don’t be a sucker all […]

I Go To Sleep - Pretenders 2

When i look up from my pillow I dream you are there with me Though you are far away I know you’ll always be near to me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you’re there with me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you’re there with me I look around me […]

Day After Day - Pretenders 2

Way up in the sky Over the city, over tokyo Silver light, summer moon You’ll be over somebody’s winter this afternoon While the dolphins swim in the sea You’re going grey, my baby Still the war is waging endlessly Day after day, day after day Way up in the sky Over the city and lake […]