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, (not) you see, (you see) I'm wearing my heart like a clown, Pretending that you're still around. Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal. Oh, yes (yes), I'm the great pretender, Just laughing and gay like a clown, I seem to be what I'm not (what I'm not), you see (you see), I'm wearing my heart like a clown, Pretending that you're... pretending that you're still around.
