Oh yes, I'm the great pretender / pretending that I'm doing well / I need you such I can't tell too much / I'm lonely but no one can tell / oh, yes, I'm the great pretender / adrift in a world of my own / yes, I play the game but tonight, real shame / you 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 as a clown / well, I seem to be what I'm not, you see / I'm wearing my heart like a crown / pretending that you're still around.