Let’s pretend the past’s forgotten and that we can start afresh
Put aside the sniping comments and not rend each other’s flesh
Try to focus on the good times – not resentment and the pain
And try to be two people who were once in love again
Let’s pretend the history is gone; that we can make amends
And hope that we can find the heart to carry on as friends
Face up to all the problems that we try to dance around
For the sake of both our children we must find some common ground
Let’s pretend I’m not pathetic and I have a valid claim
That there isn’t any reason to apportion all the blame
All I ever wanted were the words you feared to say
I suppose it made me needy ‘cos I craved them every day
Let’s pretend that it’s all over and we both have no regret
Leave the rancour all behind us and just pray we can forget
The way that it stopped working and we couldn’t make repairs
Next time I’ll choose a man who isn’t scared to show he cares
Let’s pretend we noticed sooner that we’d both stopped having fun
You can’t have been that gobsmacked when I said that we were done
So let’s acknowledge all our frailties, but also that we tried
And that there were some good times ’til our mutual passion died
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