If you think this is goodbye Well, you may be right But it's hard to say for sure If you come around again Don't expect that we'll be friends If you could only please define Where I crossed the line And which excuses I once sold Now that the illusion's gone I don't do what I'm told We try We try Pretend and then it's over again We try We try Pretend and then it's over It's just a shame, you say, so many wasted days All the clever things we said And if it isn't quite a crime It's a lot of time Tell me who came out ahead And though we've heard it all before It's not there anymore We need something we can feel We think we understand We hold it in our hands Just to find it isn't real We try We try Pretend and then it's over again We try We try Pretend and then it's over We try We try Pretend and then it's over again We try We try Pretend and then it's over