Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh ooh) Pretending I'm doing well (ooh 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 ooh) Adrift in a world of my own (ooh 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 (make believe) believe Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Oh oh, yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh ooh) Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh ooh) I seem to be what I'm not you see (ooh you see) I'm wearing my heart like a clown Pretend that you're still around Yeah-eah, wooh hoo
Too real (real) when I feel (feel) what my heart can't conceal
Oh yes I'm the great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh ooh) I seem to be what I'm not you see I'm wearing my heart like a clown Pretend that you're Pretend that you're still around