THE GREAT PRETENDER 

Credits:
Words and music by Buck Ram 

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

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1992 reissue 

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Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Pretending I'm doing well (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)
Adrift in a world of my own (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 believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal 

Ooh Ooh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh)
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 ooh 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 (ooh ooh)
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