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Let​’​s Pretend

from At The Present Moment by Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger

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Let’s pretend: the sky is blue, the sea is always calm;
The burning sky’s a sunset, not napalm;
The morning breeze is pure and sweetly fresh -
But isn’t that the smell of putrefying flesh?

Let’s pretend that we are walking under southern stars,
The burning eyes of night in Africa;
The tender perfume’s wafted on the air -
But isn’t that a murdered Negro hanging there?

Let’s pretend: we’re on a lonely beach, just you and I ...
They’re soaring gulls, not bombers, in the sky;
And death is just a half-remembered dream -
But isn’t that the sound of burning children’s screams?

Let’s pretend that life is just a movie, let’s pretend;
And everything will come right in the end;
The concentration camp moon’s overhead -
And mind that you tread carefully among the dead!

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from At The Present Moment, released September 14, 1973
Ewan MacColl - vocals
Peggy Seeger - vocals, guitar

Engineered by Mike Cooper
Recorded at Pan Sound Studios

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Ewan MacColl is known to most as a songwriter and singer, but he was also of significant influence in the worlds of theatre and radio broadcasting. His art reached huge numbers through the folk clubs, greater numbers through his recordings and untold millions through the radio. ... more

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