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
 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 (too real) is this feeling of make-believe
 Too real (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 (you're also real)
 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