I'll Pretend - Swamp Dogg, Guitar Shorty, Bon Iver

I’ll pretend that you’re gone, on vacation

And you’ll be back in a week or maybe two

And when the phone rings I’ll pretend it’s you calling

To tell me you miss me and you’re coming home soon

I’ll pretend I don’t hear when silence tells me

That I’ll have to get by on my own

I’ll pretend I don’t hear when loneliness speaks so clear

And try to tell me you’re not coming home (not coming home)

Right now my life

Ain’t nothing but a dream

How long can I fool myself?

Into believing you’re coming back to me

I can see you laying in his bed

Like I caught the two of you in fact

Everybody told me it was coming

But I chose to be blind

I’ll pretend your clothes are hanging in the closet

And I’ll pretend your perfume fills the air

And as I sit in our favourite restaurant

I’ll pretend that you’re meeting me there

I’ll pretend when I visit our old friends

That you’re sitting down by my side

And when our old friends ask how am I doing?

I’ll pretend I’m not losing my mind

Although they know I’m lying

They know I’m lying

I can’t live like this

I forgive you

Please come back

I can’t live like this

I love you

And I forgive you

And I want you