oh yes i'm the great pretender
pretending that i'm doing well
my need is such i pretend too much
i'm lonely but no one can tell
oh yes i'm the great pretender
adrift in a world of my own
i've played the game but to my real shame
you've left me to dream all alone
too real is this feeling of make believe
too real when i feel what my heart can't conceal
oh oh oh oh yes i'm the great pretender
just laughing and gay like a clown
i seem to be what i'm not
you see i'm wearing my heart like a crown
pretending that you're still around
too real is this feeling of make believe
too real when i feel what my heart can't conceal
yes i'm the great pretender
just laughing and gay like a clown
i seem to be what i'm not
you see i'm wearing my heart like a crown
pretending that you're
still around
still around