Can I come back to you?
I'm in the red and it makes my heart so blue
So blue I swear I nearly died
Or would you rather I'd tell you thoughts untrue?
Cause I can tell you something right about now
Like "you're the only woman that I ever loved true...

And if you ever gonna change your mind
Well, that's alright cuz all the while
I knew all about your true romance
We're all pretence ain't no denying"

Sweet Loretta
You still got that Corvette?
We used to talk dreams and smoke reefers on the hood
What about your daddy
Did you tell him the truth?
I guess not, you got too much to lose
I know your papa loved me just like a son
And you & I we could have made us one
If only you could love me like your sugar sweet

And if you ever gonna change your mind
Well, that's alright cuz all the while
I knew all about your true romance
We're all pretence ain't no denying
I know you can't love me like you should
You wish you could oh lord you've tried
But we all need a little revenue so let's pretend
For me and for you

What do you reckon
I step away from the will?
No, and by daddy I gotta do right
Wants me to marry
But I can't have no wife
No I can't
You were the only one to get it all along
The only one to hear my song

What do you want me
What do you want me to say?
Cause I can't give it to you straight
What do you want me
What do you want me to do?

But if you ever gonna change your mind
Well, that's alright cuz all the while
I knew all about your true romance
We're all pretence ain't no denying
I know you can't love me like you should
You wish you could oh lord you've tried
But we all need a little revenue so let's pretend
For me and for you