Just Pretend Lyrics – Mrs. Doubtfire

[LYDIA]
I don't know how
I'm supposed to feel
I mean
I've seen your wedding video
You said you'd love each other
For forever
For better or worse
So where did that go?

[DANIEL, spoken]
I don't know

[LYDIA]
You and mom
Were always good
At acting like the perfect pair
So why can't you
Just keep it going
Acting like the love's still there?
Maybe you could
Just pretend?
Say that you could
Just pretend
A little more?
If you could
Just pretend
We could still be a family
[DANIEL, spoken]
We probably could
But we'd be a pretend family

W?'d be acting
You can't act 24 hours a day
It's not real acting-
Acting's just a job

[LYDIA, spoken]
And it's your job to be our fath?r

[DANIEL, spoken]
No!
It is a joy!
To be your father

[DANIEL]
And that is not pretend!
That could never be pretend..

[DANIEL, spoken]
I don't play the part of your father
Okay? I am your father, always
It's the one wonderful thing I have in my life

[LYDIA]
I just don't know anymore..
What is real
Or what is true
But if your love for mom
Has ended then
Couldn't your love for me
End too?
[DANIEL. spoken]
What!
No!

[DANIEL]
That could never end

[LYDIA, spoken]
Why not?

[DANIEL]
My love for you
Could never end
Lydia

[DANIEL, spoken]
It's different with your kids

[LYDIA, spoken]
How?

[DANIEL, spoken]
No- it-
It just-
It is
I promise you
Please tell me you know that?
[LYDIA & DANIEL]
That will never end
My love for you
Will never end
My love for you
Will never end
Never..

[DANIEL]
I always pictured
What our life would be
And this isn't that at all

[LYDIA]
Guess we'll have to make
A new picture now
And hang it on our wall

[DANIEL, spoken]
A new picture..
Right
God, you grew up fast

[LYDIA, spoken]
One of us had to!
Last Update: May, 21st 2025