Farmer Not So John - For You I Will Pretend lyrics

Theres a hard ledge up ahead, a sharp turn to the right And a thousand more just like them before I can sleep tonight In some over-starched bed with a Bible by my head The malaria of anonymity and the last words that you said Even a pillow can stop a beating heart And just the slightest gust of wind can blow it all apart I believe in hell and i believe in parole And a flag is not a flag until you pull it up a pole And a moment’s not a moment if you’ve got no space to fill And an action’s not an action if it doesn’t test your will But you can Shake your little branches and climb your little tree Blow your little trumpet and part your little sea And the blames are out there weathering the same old wind And i’m not optimistic, but for you i will pretend Yeah, for you i’d pretend Now there’s blood on the highway and there’s oil in my veins And joy across the faces of those women in the rain And i try to make it sound like the story’s worth a damn Just like the actions of the righteous that i don’t really understand Build me a ladder to the highest point around Burn it when i get there i will never come back down Build me a ladder to the highest point around Burn it when i get there i will never come back down But you can Shake your little branches and climb your little tree Blow your little trumpet and part your little sea And the blames are out there weathering the same old wind And i’m not optimistic, but for you i will pretend Yeah, for you I will pretend For you I will pretend For you I will *** Thanks Martin Tanner for the lyrics