Oh yes

I'm the great pretender

pretendin' I'm doin' 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-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 clown

Pretendin' that

you're still around

yeah... woo-hoo

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 clown

Pretendin' that you're

pretendin' that you're

still around.....