Released: January 23, 1983
Songwriter: Buck Ram
Producer: Val Garay
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
[Verse 3]
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 still around
[Chorus]
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
[Verse 4]
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 this old heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
[Outro]
But I know what I am
I am the great pretender
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
[Verse 3]
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 still around
[Chorus]
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
[Verse 4]
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 this old heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
[Outro]
But I know what I am
I am the great pretender
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