Nick Drake Tired Of Pretending lyrics

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

But I'm tired of pretending
Yes I'm tired of pretending
That I still care
I still care