Oh yes I'm the great pretender
　　Pretending I'm doing well
　　My need is such I pretend too much
　　I'm lonely but no one can tell
　　
　　Oh yes I'm the great pretender
　　Adrift in a world of my own
　　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
　　
　　
　　
　　Ooh Ooh yes I'm the great pretender
　　Just laughing and gay like a clown
　　
　　
　　I seem to be what I'm not (you see)
　　I'm wearing my heart like a crown
　　Pretending that you're still around
　　
　　
　　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
　　
　　
　　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
　　

　　You seem to have forgotten that I'm around.