Call It Pretending

by John Fogerty

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Lyrics

What would you have me do

Just turn and walk out on you

And leave you standing there

Pretending I don't care

When you know as well as I

That would be nowhere

Shouldn't I be with you

What would you have me say

After I walk away

Would it be the end

Or just a second wind

For the good old song

That we use to call pretending

Shouldn't I be with you

It's not the first time

That you had me turn away

I don't know it won't be the last time

But you got to say you got to

Should we make a brand new start

Or are you gonna break my heart

And leave me standing there

Pretending I don't care

When you know as well as I

That would get us nowhere

Will it be the end

Or just a second wind

For the good old song

That we use to call pretending

Shouldn't I be with you

Shouldn't I be with you