[Verse 1]
I had guards like watchdogs
Dogs in a manger
I could feel the protection
Possession and anger
And I drove out of there
With no one behind me
Feeling funny and free

[Chorus]
All you pretty pretenders
Negligent vendors
Aren't you precious inside?
I have no need for anger
With intimate strangers
And I got nothing to hide (Yeah)

[Verse 2]
I laughed as I said it
This is my situation
It's not pictures or privilege
It's just self-preservation
I don't want you to feel
Any obligation
It feels so funny to be free
[Chorus]
All you pretty pretenders
Negligent vendors
Aren't you precious inside?
I have no need for anger
With intimate strangers
And I got nothing to hide

[Verse 3]
We act empty and innocent
But we are fueled by distortions (I remember you)
Of lives led in discontent (When we were shiny and new)
Trading misfortunes
'Cause faith is one thing (Now you guard your faith)
That is hard to deliver (Temper your speed)
It feels so funny to be free

[Chorus]
All you pretty pretenders
Negligent vendors
Aren't you precious inside?
I have no need for anger
With intimate strangers
And I got nothing to hide
I got nothing to hide
[Bridge]
La la, la la la la, la la
La la, la la la la, la la
La la la, la la la
La la la la, la la, la
All of us, all of us, all of us
(Aren't we)

[Chorus]
All of us pretty pretenders
And negligent vendors
Aren't we precious inside?
I have no need for anger
With intimate strangers
And I got nothing to hide
I got nothing to hide

[Outro]
I had guards like watchdogs
Dogs in a manger (I remember you)