Once in a while

I act like a child

To feel like a kid again



It gets like a prison in

The body I'm living in



Cause everyone's watching

Quick to start talking

I'm losing my innocence



Wish I were a little girl

Without the weight of the world



It would be nice

To start over again,

Before we were men

I'd give, I'd bend

Let's play pretend



Remember the time

We had soda for wine

And got by on gratitude



The worst they could do to you

Was check your attitude



Yeah, when fights were for fun

We had water in guns

And a place we could call our own

How we lost hold of home

I guess I'll never know



It would be nice

To start over again

Before we were men

I'd give, I'd bend

Let's play pretend



And when it's the end

our lives will make sense

We'd love, We'd give, We'd bend

Let's play pretend



It's not going to be long

before we're all gone

with nothing to show for them

Stop taking lives, Come on

Let's all grow up again

It would be nice

to start over again

before we were men

I'd give, I'd bend



Let's play pretend



And when it's the end

Our lives will make sense

And love, even

Let's play... pretend.