Oh-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-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 yes I’m the great pretender    Just laughin’ and gay like a clown    I seem to be what I’m not, you see    I’m wearin' my heart like a crown    Pretending that you’re still around       Too real is the feeling of make-believe    Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal       Oh yes I’m the great pretender    Just laughin’ and gay like a clown    I seem to be what I’m not, you see    I’m wearin' this old heart like a crown    Pretending that you’re still around       But I know what I am    I am the great pretender