Jane Ellen Bryant Make Believe
Sweet little girl, head full of curls
That look of surprise in your eyes makes me cry
You never could guess that he's just like the rest
And there's nothing to say that would make it okay
I'm playing make believe tonight, won't you play with me?
'Cause nothing will hurt you or ever desert you
When it's make believe
Remember those days and the games we would play?
Whether house or with dolls, we would put love in it all
But we're grown up now, and forgotten somehow
That in life or in games, we should be loved just the same
I'm playing make believe tonight, won't you play with me?
'Cause nothing will hurt you or ever desert you
Oh, when it's make believe, yeah
I guess you should have known that it's not the way love should go
And I guess I should have seen, but sometimes, we try to believe
I'm playing make believe; right now, life's too much for me
So let's play make believe