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Artist: Sam Cooke
Canonical path: /sam-cooke/the-great-pretender
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Great Pretender
Read The Great Pretender lyrics by Sam Cooke on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Great Pretender
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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
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Sam Cooke performs "The Great Pretender", and this lyric page sits inside the Sam Cooke catalog on LyroVerse.
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