Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh ooh) 
Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh ooh) 
My need is such 
I pretend too much 
I'm lonely but no-one can tell 

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh ooh) 
Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh ooh) 
I play the game 
But to my real shame 
You've left me to dream all alone 

Too real is this feeling of make (make believe) believe 
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal 

Oh oh, yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh ooh) 
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh ooh) 
I seem to be what I'm not you see (ooh you see) 
I'm wearing my heart like a clown 
Pretend that you're still around 
Yeah-eah, wooh hoo 

Too real (real) when I feel (feel) what my heart can't conceal 

Oh yes I'm the great pretender 
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh ooh) 
I seem to be what I'm not you see 
I'm wearing my heart like a clown 
Pretend that you're 
Pretend that you're still around