Reach for higher ground   About the way you look   Way you scream out loud   Mine, just like the last time   It's all the same to me, she said      Let's pretend   My January friend   I'm wantin' you again   I wanna touch you   Every single heart that beats      Pretend, my January friend   I'm wantin' you again   I wanna touch you   Every single heart that beats      Cry, don't cry out loud   You've gotta bear your cross   But never think too loud   And you're tied, tied to the next time   You realize your crimes      Let's pretend   My January friend   I'm wantin' you again   I wanna touch you   Every single heart that beats      Pretend, my January friend   I'm wantin' you again   I wanna touch you   Every single heart that beats      Time stood still, Monday morning, yeah   Showed me what I had to see   It's not the way I thought it should be, oh yeah      You're my January friend   You're my January friend   You're my January friend   And every heart that beats pretend      My January friend   You're my January friend   You're my January friend   And every heart that beats tonight's pretend