The great pretender Oh yes I’m the great pretender (ooh ooh) Pretending I’m doing well (ooh ooh) My need is such I pretend too much I’m lonely but no one can tell Oh yes I’m the great pretender (ooh ooh) Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh) I play 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 (ooh ooh) yes I’m the great pretender (ooh ooh) Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I’m not you see I’m wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you’re still around Yeah ooh hoo Too real is this feeling of make believe Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal Oh yes I’m the great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I’m not you see I’m wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you’re still around
The great pretender Oh yes I’m the great pretender (ooh ooh) Pretending I’m doing well (ooh ooh) My need is such I pretend too much I’m lonely but no one can tell Oh yes I’m the great pretender (ooh ooh) Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh) I play 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 (ooh ooh) yes I’m the great pretender (ooh ooh) Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I’m not you see I’m wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you’re still around Yeah ooh hoo Too real is this feeling of make believe Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal Oh yes I’m the great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I’m not you see I’m wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you’re still around