The Furry Pretender

[Univaded_Fox]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii8lB82L8wc

The Pretender-Original Lyrics

I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
Gonna pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen.
Say it again
Amen.

I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening?
I've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
When the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Amen.

Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender.
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there

Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight

I'm gonna find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again

I'm gonna be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
where true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender.
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender.


The Furry Pretender-Modified Lyrics

My mundane parents bought a house
In the shade of the freeway
Used to pack my lunch in the morning
And went to work each day
And when the evening rolled around
They came on home and lay their bodies down
And when the morning light came streaming in
They got up and did it again
Amen.
Because of them
I am.

How can I explain to them the changes
That our kind of love can bring,
When they turned themselves away
From their own fitful awakenings?
And to those they chose to compromise
Their new world before it was realized,
And when the morning light comes streaming in
They want us to do it again
Pretend.

Caught between the longing for hugs
And the struggle for a sweet surrender
Where they gaze askance with a cautious glance
And the orange alert lasts forever.
Where those near and dear to our hearts
May live oceans and continents apart
But the pulsing computer light
Has brought us together
Out onto the floor of the convention
Stroll the Pretenders
They've spent so much to come so far
Just to be at peace there

Ah the yapping of the Foxes
As they run through the night
And the Bears stand at your back
When your clawed in a fight
And the wolves who howl until daylight
While our screens light up with vile
From the misunderstanders.

I'm gonna find myself a mate
Who will show me what love can be
And we'll fill in all the aching holes
In each other's hopes and dreams
And then we'll put our ears and tails on
And we'll make love until the yiff is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Just because we can

I'm gonna be a happy furry
And struggle for the sweet surrender
While the sirens blare and the devils dare
But the heart and soul last forever
And believe that happiness may lie
Beyond things that money can buy
Cause the only way we'll survive is if we stick together
Are we there?
Say a prayer, we're the Pretenders.
For now we're all so young and strong
And we cannot surrender.