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Merry Widow

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Merry Widow

Release date: 15th September 2023

From Relentless

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About This Track

"Merry Widow" is a track by Pretenders, from the album Relentless, released 15th September 2023. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Merry Widow

Love rules and everybody knows it

But not everybody follows it

Not everybody follows it

I had a love but jealous fantasy

Meant love could never be

So I set myself free

I'm a divorcee, but I feel like a widow

A merry, merry widow

A merry, merry widow

I'm a divorcee, but I feel like a widow

Now there's no one in the middle

I'm a merry, merry widow

He was badly good-looking and strong

But he treated me wrong

He treated me wrong

He thought love was competitivе, like sport

He wasn't my sort

So I left him at thе port

I'm a divorcee, but I feel like a widow

A merry, merry widow

A merry, merry widow

I'm a divorcee, but I feel like a widow

Now there's no one in the middle

I'm a merry, merry widow

I'm a merry, merry widow

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From Relentless

2023

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Album

1st September 2023

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