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Young Pretender

Avril Lavigne

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Young Pretender

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New things are going on every dayThe people always come but never stayI'm counting on you to make it rightI wanna be with you tonightAnd you can save me from the darknessAnd you can scare away the monsters in my headAnd you can make me feel like I have somebodyAnd the pain will go away'Cause I'm a young pretenderDrowning in my guilt and sorrowI try to be like the others sometimesBy pretending to be somebody I'm notI'm a young pretenderWanderin' the distanceYou make my life completeI want to see you againEverybody thinks I'm one wayAs far as they can tellBut some people start to seeThat I'm just not who they want me to beBut then you came alongTo show me right from wrongMy life improved so greatlyMy heart bursting out in song...'Cause I'm a young pretenderDrowning in my guilt and sorrowI try to be like the others sometimesBy pretending to be somebody I'm notI'm a young pretenderWanderin' the distanceYou make my life completeI want to see you again'Cause I'm a young pretenderDrowning in my guilt and sorrowI try to be like the others sometimesBy pretending to be somebody I'm notI'm a young pretenderWanderin' the distanceYou make my life completeI want to see you againCan't you see I can't pretend no more?What am I even pretending for?I just can't be the girl you want me to beBut if you look inside me you will see...A lone girl, a confused girl, yep that's meAnd if you get to know this real girl you will seeThe fun-loving teen she used to beBut which way to her heart unlocks the key?
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