Name: Start Pretending
Duration: P00H02M22S
Description: FUN FACT: At the end of the song there are a bunch of mumbled voices. This was a recording of the Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution, copied several times, cut up and then randomly reassembled. And yes it is a nod to Mr. Kite.

Start Pretending

from Bawdy Politik by Rodger Raino

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FUN FACT: At the end of the song there are a bunch of mumbled voices. This was a recording of the Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution, copied several times, cut up and then randomly reassembled. And yes it is a nod to Mr. Kite.

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START PRETENDING

Hey ya better start pretending
'Cause we still got time to waste
Before the demons of destruction
Hold you in their slack embrace

The times they are pretending
That the world is still sane
While all those crazy angels
Are off on their holiday

Everybody's now pretending
That Caesar's wearing clothes
Better grab up your diamonds, your rubies,
Tusks and bitter cloves

Nobody seeks forgiveness
For thoughts they can't control
We all need a handy witness
For the dream cheaply sold

When ya finally stop pretending
And the scales fall from your eyes
When that day comes, it might serve some
Remembrance you'll recognize

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from Bawdy Politik, released March 22, 2020

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