We Can Pretend

Two little sparrows, queens of the underworld

Mythical sun kings, running through the grass just as fast, just as fast as we can

Over the meadow, holding hands as we roll

I could stay there forever, hearing Ma’s voice singing, "Go, go, go!"

There goes a pot of gold, there goes a rainbow

There goes a schoolhouse, where my love was born and my youth was sold

And a rock cut my elbow at the bottom of the hill

Then I cried 'til the nightfall, when you picked me up and you carried me home

Take me back to Grandmother's garden

(We can pretend, we can pretend)

You and me and a tangerine sunset

(We can pretend, we can pretend)

And the land of lost things lies under the bed

(We can pretend, we can pretend)

All we have now is what we choose to remember

Over and over again

Cowboys and Indians, unspoken languages

Unbroken promises, and the smell of ganja on a summer's night

And my bones know how to grow, and my heart, how to ache

'Cause I'll come home a dead man, until you wake me up on the very next day

Take me back to Grandmother's garden

(We can pretend, we can pretend)

You and me and a tangerine sunset

(We can pretend, we can pretend)

The land of lost things lies under the bed

(We can pretend, we can pretend)

All we have now is what we choose to remember

Over and over again

Nothing's ever gonna be just like it was back then

Thought I would forget, but now I'm not so sure

Every year, I'm digging deeper, deeper in the sand

Never seem to find exactly what I'm looking for

Nothing's ever gonna be just like it was back then

Thought I would forget, but now I'm not so sure (now I'm not so sure)

Every year, I'm digging deeper, deeper in the sand (in the sand)

Never seem to find exactly what I'm looking for

Take me back to Grandmother's garden

(We can pretend, we can pretend)

You and me and a tangerine sunset

(We can pretend, we can pretend)

'Cause the land of lost things lies under the bed

(We can pretend, we can pretend)

All I have now is what I choose to remember

Over and over again

Over and over, over and over

Over and over, over and over again

Over and over, over and over

Over and over, over and over again

Over and over, over and over

Over and over, over and over again

Over and over, over and over