I'll Pretend

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
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 I'll pretend I don't hear when silence tells me
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 That I'll have to get by on my own
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 I'll pretend when I visit our old friends
 That you're sitting down by my side
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 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
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 I love you
 
 And I forgive you
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 And I want you