How many ways will he tell this tale?
And have others take the fall?
Making up those memories
Hard bein' recalled

Working on the jobs report
Trying to get the story right
Two go out working
Three stay home at night

That's when the polls start their pretending
They're part of the plan
That's when I knew they was pretending
Pretending to overstate

Pretending, pretending
Pretending, pretending

Dissatisfied unemployed
Situations change
He's never what you used to think he was
How strange

That's when the polls start their pretending
They're part of the plan
That's when we knew they was pretending
Pretending to overstate

We get lost in alibis
Lying won't prevail
Everybody knows the truth
Can't fail

Don't be pretending about the polls
Don't be pretending his support is real
Don't be pretending about how we feel
Don't be pretending that your story's real