John Grant - You Don`t Have To

Remember walking hand
in hand side by side
We walked the dogs and took
long strolls through the park
Except we never had dogs
And never went to the park
Remember how we used
to fuck all night long
Neither do I because
I always passed out
I needed lots of the booze
To handle the pain
You don't have to pretend to care
You don't have to say things
that you don't mean
You don't have to pretend to care
You don't have to say
things that you don't mean
It just embarrasses me
And makes you look like a fool
Remember when
the tenderness stopped
And the kindness turned
to pity and disgust
And the smiles were stopped
Before they could start
And understanding was
now just a tool
We used it every chance
we got to be cruel
And we cringed because
We couldn't make ourselves stop
You don't have to pretend to care
You don't have to say
things that you don't mean
You don't have to pretend to care
You don't have to say
things that you don't mean
It just embarrasses me
And makes you look like a fool
There are days when
I think about you
And on those days
I really feel like a fool
Because you don't deserve
To have somebody
think about you
I feel so stupid cause
I let myself down
I acted like a motherfucking clown
At a circus
On the outskirts of town
You don't have to pretend to care
You don't have to say
things that you don't mean
You don't have to pretend to care
You don't have to say
things that you don't mean
It just embarrasses me
Because you think
you're so fucking cool