got a tv on the floor and a deadbolt on my door the grudge and two packs of cigarettes well the landlord s on my case i can t blame him these days and i m tryin my best to make the rent maybe tonight i should turn off my mind and just sit back with a late night cable show listen to the wind i know no one s comin in oh sometimes it is just nice to pretend moved to nevada to try and be closer to his father sometimes i wish i d gone along too i wouldn t mind the weather cause i ve always loved the desert and the heat might distract me from you maybe tonight i should turn off my mind and just sit back to the sound of the screendoor tappin in the wind i know no one s comin in oh sometimes it is just nice to pretend well i heard about your mother and the rumor of another lover in the valley of your heart could it be a wildfire buildin higher and higher that s callin me right back to the start  maybe tonight i should turn off my mind and wish that you were six feet underground you d see me no more or my tv on the floor oh sometimes it is just nice to pretend