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'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 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