Jesse Lynn Madera - Sweet Pretender (radio version)

4) Sweet Pretender
Written by:
Jesse Lynn Madera
Big Fat Dress, LLC (BMI) Rob McCulloch
Snacksize Music (ASCAP)

I suspect that time will take away
These things that I don’t need
And so I pay my tab, head into the street As I recall there was a time when he would Search a room for me
On my life I cannot figure what this means

He’s out the back gate doin … with Kate
Saunters in so charmingly off-key
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Well don’t tell me
Where did we go wrong
Is it really so hard to remember
And don’t sell me
On Saturdays to come
When Sundays come undone My sweet pretender
You’re gonna lose me like your very last dime You’re gonna lose me some place you can’t find


They city used to pour in
Just to hear him sing some blues
Now his blues just pour themselves out On the walk
I’ve seen him waste a lot of things
Like all my time and energy
But to squander love is somehow criminal He’s buyin her a drink, smiling with that wink Thanking me for comin one last time
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Well I have been through worse than this But baby this beats all of it and
I know that we’ll never be the same, no
But as it goes show some respect I was once your dark secret
Now I know how it looks from far away So far away
So don’t

And don’t tell me where did we go wrong Oh why is it so hard to remember
And don’t sell me on all the things I shoulda done Oh c’mon c’mon sweet pretender

You’re gonna lose me like your very last dime You’re gonna lose me some place you can’t find You’re gonna lose me for the very last time
So don’t Oh don’t
Don’t tell me, don’t tell me
Where did we go wrong

Produced by Dan Navarro and Jim Scott
Dan Navarro: Acoustic guitar, claps Jim Scott: Tambourine, claps
Brian Whelan: Electric guitars, harmony vocals Leah Zeger: Fiddle
Bob Glaub: Electric bass Rob Humphreys: Drums Benjamin Knapp: claps
J. Madera: Wurlitzer electric piano, cabasa, shakers, claps