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The Pretenders - Hymn to Her

The Pretenders are an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England, in March 1978.

The original band comprised initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the drug-related deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon, the band has experienced numerous subsequent personnel changes, with Hynde as the only consistent member, and Chambers returning after an absence of several years.

The lyrics:

Let me inside you

Into your room

I've heard it's lined

With the things you don't show

Lay me beside you

Down on the floor

I've been your lover

From the womb to the tomb

I dress as your daughter

When the moon becomes round

You be my mother

When everything's gone

And she will always carry on

Something is lost

But something is found

They will keep on speaking her name

Somethings change

Some stay the same

Keep beckoning to me

From behind that closed door

The maid and the mother

And the crone that's grown old

I hear your voice

Coming out of that hole

I listen to you

And I want some more

I listen to you

And I want some more

And she will always carry on

Something is lost

But something is found

They will keep on speaking her name

Some things change

Some stay the same