Oh yes I'm the great pretender (oooh oooh)
  Pretending I'm doing well (oooh oooh)
  My need is such I pretend too much
  I'm lonely but no-one can tell
    Oh yes I'm the great pretender (oooh oooh)
  Adrift in a world of my own (oooh oooh)
  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
  Oooh oooh yes I'm the great pretender (oooh oooh)
  Just laughing and gay like a clown (oooh oooh)
  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 oooh 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 (oooh oooh)
  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