Tired Of Pretending Lyrics - Nick Drake

You have never tried 

To conceal or deny 

That this love is my ruin 

My peril and trial 

All of the promises were nothing but lies 

But now that you're here 

Why don't you stay for a while 

Most of my friends 

Fell under your spell 

Some fell into heaven 

But most fell back in to hell 

The beauty forgotten 

Like the snow-covered crops in the field 

Where the wind knows no mercy 

And she howls and she reels 

But I'm tired of pretending 

Yes I'm tired of pretending 

That I still care 

I still care 

And the smoke curls like a river 

To some forgotten land 

Floating abandoned the mystery concealed 

Like the moonlit shadows 

On a snow-covered field 

Where the wind knows no mercy 

And she howls 

And she reels