Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) 

Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh) 

My need is such I pretend too much 

I'm lonely but no one can tell 


Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) 

Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh) 

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 


Ooh Ooh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) 

Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) 

I seem to be what I'm not (you see) 

I'm wearing my heart like a crown 

Pretending that you're still around 


Yeah ooh 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 (ooh ooh) 

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