thought you wouldn't be a young pretender A young pretender, be a young pretender I thought you wouldn't be a young pretender A young pretender, be a young pretender
say that I won't care for it no more Yeah, it was real to start, but a pretender got my heart Oooo (I caught you out) (Pretender) (I found you out)
played the part knowing I'd fall so hard I was young enough to know how to surrender And he was old enough to be a pretender A pretender, a pretender
of time nail down the blinds And in the succulent dark there's a sense of ending Joking aside the mechanical bride Has fallen prey to the great pretender
a treat What I write comes to life so people can get busy And live on well after these same people forget me Your attentions surrendered by The Great Pretender
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, oh, yes, I'm the great pretender
this pretender Pretender, still you're pretender Turn another page Pretender, still you're pretender I'm livin' a lie, I can't deny it Pretender, still you're pretender
't tell it to the paper They've already been paid To be ten different people that's easy It's easier than being yourself I'm the one who pretends that
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
'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, oh, yes, I'm the great pretender
's not my own decision so answer me until you respond i don't will surrender until you respond will lies be the truth until you respond you're still the pretender
Do you fear the things you love, do you seek the things you fear When the world comes crashing down, do you just smile and say, "I am the Great Pretender
know they all pretend What if I say I'm not like the others What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays You're the pretender What if I say
He's a pretender, he knows just what to say He's a pretender, yeah you meet him every day He's a pretender, that fish that got away He's a pretender,
And my world is alive (She gets her trouble from me) (Chorus) She is a great pretender She wanted me to believe She is a great pretender So don't believe
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-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
'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-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
it out Chorus: The Roots Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So when we begin to assassinate your cast members Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders