We're All Alone Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Flamencoprof 

Cover art for We're All Alone lyrics by Boz Scaggs

Why does he sing "Learn how to pretend" only once? Does he mean by "We're all alone" that all of us are alone and can't relate, or that we, a couple, are alone and free to react together?

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