Oh yes, I'm the great pretender

Pretending 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 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



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



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

I seem to be what I'm not you see

I'm wearing my heart like a crown

Pretending that you're...

Pretending that you're still around



Produced by Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran and David Richards



Original version from Irwin Winkler's film 'Night and The City'



Published by Southern Music Publishing Co. Ltd