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're 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