Sam Cooke The Great Pretender song lyrics

oh yes, I'm the Great pretender

pretending 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 play the game

but to my real shame

You've left me to dream all alone

Too real is this feeling of make-belief

Too real when I feel what my heart can conceal

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

Too real is this feeling of make-belief

Too real when I feel what my heart can conceal

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