oh yes i'm the great pretender pretending that i'm doing well
oh my need is such i pretend too much i'm lonely but no one can tell
oh yes i'm the great pretender
a drift in a world of my own i play the game but tomorrow will shame
you've left me to grieve all alone
to grieve is this feeling of making
a mistake
believe to real when i feel what my heart can't conceal
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 still around
to real is this feeling of make believe to real when i feel what my heart can't conceal
oh yes i'm the great pretender
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 still around
still around
still around
still around
still helping
oh