Oh-oh, yes im the great pretender

Pretending that im doing well

My need is such i pretend too much

Im lonely but no one can tell

Oh-oh, yes im the great pretender

Adrift in a world of my own

Ive played the game but to my real shame

Youve left me to dream all alone



Too real is this feeling of make-believe

Too real when i feel what my heart cant conceal



Oh yes im the great pretender

Just laughin?and gay like a clown

I seem to be what im not, you see

Im wearin' my heart like a crown

Pretending that youre still around



Too real is the feeling of make-believe

Too real when i feel what my heart cant conceal



Oh yes im the great pretender

Just laughin?and gay like a clown

I seem to be what im not, you see

Im wearin' this old heart like a crown

Pretending that youre still around



But i know what i am

I am the great pretender