JB tender fender vendor spender contender surrender

Jackson Browne The Pretender
Caught between the longing for love And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening Strolls the Pretender
I'm going to be a happy idiot And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender