LIFE IMITATES LIFE                      © 2008 Acoustic Ross

let's pretend i know how to write a love song
let's pretend i also know how to sing
let's pretend that you're in the mood to listen to me today
let's pretend that i've got something to say

i've never failed to let myself down
i follow my heart but it gives me bad advice
didn't mean to bore you, that's the story of my life
i'd hate myself but i think i'm just too nice

can't believe ten years have gone by so fast
i've wrecked four cars, quit six jobs and moved eight times
you're the only constant in this equation
the only point connecting all these lines

   and now i wish i could write you a sappy love song
   cause i don't have the guts to tell you how i really feel
   an imaginary love song from your imaginary friend
   cause you know you're the only one that's real

i think i might be allergic to earnest love songs
but sometimes i can take a three-minute dose
i'll try to grin and bear it while my knees are getting weak
my love is a fever, i don't think you should stand so close

i use humor to keep the outside world at a distance
if i don't let them in, i don't have to take that chance
i'm not the man i used to be, but i doubt i ever was
i can change my life but not my circumstance

   and now i wish i could write you a sappy love song
   cause i don't have the guts to tell you how i really feel
   an imaginary love song from your imaginary friend
   cause you know you're the only one that's real

let's pretend i'm telling you in person
let's pretend i'm brave enough to try
took so long to see you here, it's love at first hindsight
now i've got the map but i don't remember how to drive

   and now i wish i could write you a sappy love song
   cause i don't have the guts to tell you how i really feel
   an imaginary love song from your imaginary friend
   cause you know you're the only one that's real
   i know you're the one that's real.