The Great Pretender

The Platters
Words & Music by Buck Ram  

 

Chart 

Debut 
  
Weeks

# 

Label

 
Top 100

Dec 1955

 

1

Mercury 

 
Top 100

June 1956

 

1

Mercury
    



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 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.

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,

Still  a - round.

Too real is this feeling of make believe,

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.

I seem to be what I'm not, you see,

I'm wearing my heart like a crown,

Pretending that you're still around,

Still  a - round.