I CAN'T PRETEND
Tobias

as rec by Billie Holiday & her Orch  
Sep 29th 1936 New York


I can't pretend
I'm sorry we're apart,
I can't pretend,
I just can't bruise my heart!
So I miss mine,
My friends all seem to realise;
They surmise
That look in my eyes.

I can't pretend,
I simply can't be gay,
For in the end
My tears give me away!
Without you, dear,
I live a lie I can't defend;
I love you and I can't pretend!

I can't pretend,
I simply can't be gay,
For in the end
My tears give me away!
Without you, dear,
I live a lie I can't defend;
I love you and I can't pretend!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2010)