A light, fun children’s song about imagination and friendship. Written by Gael MacGregor with Dimitris Dodoras, who produced and created the recording, and also sang the song. 🥰 🎶 Artwork by Gael MacGregor

LYRICS:

PRETEND, PRETEND
© Dimitris Dodoras (BMI ) & Gael MacGregor/MacMusic Magic (BMI)

My dragon flies across the sky
By flags yellow and blue.
I see the fields of pink and green.
Below me I see you.
I squeeze him tight, and pet his tail.
Adventures call; we play them all.
But when Kate says “Let’s climb a tree,”
We never feel small.

Pretend, pretend,
It’s fun to play pretend.
Pretend, pretend,
It’s fun to play pretend.

My tiger roars and leaps so high.
The jungle’s damp and dark.
The lion creeps, the Toucan squeaks.
It’s my own Noah’s ark.
The elephant trumpets loud and clear,
And here I am so tall.
But when Joe says, “Let’s have a catch,”
I grab my mitt and ball.

Pretend, pretend,
It’s fun to play pretend.
Pretend, pretend,
It’s fun to play pretend.

My bear finds all the honey bees
We slurp up golden goo.
And then a swim gets us so clean
In a pond bright blue.
And when the day is almost done,
The sky has lost its gleam.
We hear Mom say “It’s time for bed.
It’s time for happy dreams.”

Pretend, pretend,
It’s fun to play pretend.
Pretend, pretend,
In dreams and with our friends.

Pretend, pretend,
It’s fun to play pretend.
Pretend, pretend,
It’s just as fun with friends.
It’s just as fun with friend

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This is a casual, working DEMO of a completed song, NOT a final, master quality recording. Feedback welcome as we move toward the full arrangement, re-recording, mixing, and mastering processes.

LYRICS:

ONE WORLD
by Gael MacGregor & David Joyce
© MacMusic Magic & ReJoyce Music

VERSE:

I look around and I see
Storms raging and poverty;
The whole world seems to want to fight,
Never reaching out to do what’s right.

PRE-CHORUS #1:

So it’s up to you and it’s up to me
To change ourselves so that everyone will see
That it’s

CHORUS:

ONE WORLD and one God;
One aim and one destiny.
Yes, it’s ONE WORLD and one God;
If we believe it, we can all be free.

VERSE:

In every land, in every heart;
There are good people, and there’s a spark
Of a greater fire, of a vision true;
But it all comes down to what we will do.

PRE-CHORUS #2:

So it’s up to me and it’s up to you
To give our best so this dream can come true.

BRIDGE:

It’s easy—open your heart and understand
The next time someone asks for a helping hand.
He needs your love as much as you need to give;
So both of you can live.

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS #1

REPEAT CHORUS (2 times)

TAG:

	In ONE WORLD…


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