The Great Pretender

Words and music by Buck Ram

This is a fairly straight cover version of an old song by "The Platters"

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Oh yes I'm the great pretender (oooh oooh)

Pretending I'm doing well (oooh oooh)

My need is such I pretend too much

I'm lonely but no-one can tell

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (oooh oooh)

Adrift in a world of my own (oooh oooh)

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

Oooh oooh yes I'm the great pretender (oooh oooh)

Just laughing and gay like a clown (oooh oooh)

I seem to be what I'm not (you see)

I'm wearing my heart like a crown

Pretending that you're still around

Yeah oooh hoo

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 (oooh oooh)

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