oh yes i'm the great pretender pretending that i'm doing welloh my need is such i pretend too much i'm lonely but no one can telloh yes i'm the great pretendera drift in a world of my own i play the game but tomorrow will shameyou've left me to grieve all aloneto grieve is this feeling of makinga mistakebelieve to real when i feel what my heart can't concealyes i'm the great pretender just laughing and gay like a clowni seem to be what i'm not you see i'm wearing my heartlike a crownpretending that you're still aroundto real is this feeling of make believe to real when i feel what my heart can't concealoh yes i'm the great pretenderoh yes i'm the great pretender just laughing and gay like a clowni seem to be what i'm not you see i'm wearing my heartlike a crownpretending that you're still aroundstill aroundstill around*