Play Pretend

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Could I close my eyes?
Just pretend I'm blind
Would you tell me lies?
Just pretend it's fine

Because I don't want to know
It's the life we live
Tell me that you'll go
There's nothing left to give

My mouth is numb
Or is it?
You call me dumb
Yet you sit.

They suppress your words
What did you expect?
But we fly like birds
And in retrospect

It isn't freedom of speech
Or the land of the free
Take a walk down the beach
And pretend to be me
Just pretend to be me...

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