Playing Pretend

This little boy went to market

Tried to buy his way into my heart

And I'm looking for somethin' of substance

And I walk and talk in plastic credit card

This little boy found religion

Tried to force me down upon my knees

He didn't know my eyes were open

And I watched him lose his faith in bed with me

One little boy who broke me open

Two little boys, you must be jokin'

Three little boys, and I've had enough of just playin' pretend

Better beware, little boys that look like men

This little boy went to Congress

Tried to change the world with his ideas

But I cannot afford a boy with vision

If he's too afraid to tell me how he feels

One little boy who broke me open

Two little boys, you must be jokin'

Three little boys, and I've had enough of just playin' pretend

Better beware, little boys that look like

They'd rather be at home

Playin' video games alone

While you break your back to keep away the cold

Better beware, little boys, of never growin' up until you're old

One little boy, his eyes were different

He took my heart and I gave him my hand

So I would let you in on a little secret

It's not the years you've been alive that make you into a man

Oh

Too many boys, and I've had enough

I won't do this again, oh

Oh, one little boy who broke me open

Two little boys, you must be jokin'

Three little boys, and I've had enough of just playin' pretend

Better beware, little boys that look like men