Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version) - translation of the lyrics into French
Freddie Mercury The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)

Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)

Lyrics and translation Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)




The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)
Le Grand Prétendant (version single originale de 1987)
Oh yes, I′m the great pretender
Oh oui, je suis le grand prétendant
Pretending I'm doing well
Je fais semblant de bien aller
My need is such, I pretend too much
Mon besoin est tel que je fais trop semblant
I′m lonely but no one can tell
Je suis seul mais personne ne peut le dire
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Oh oui, je suis le grand prétendant
Adrift in a world of my own
À la dérive dans un monde qui est le mien
I play the game but to my real shame
Je joue le jeu mais à ma grande honte
You've left me to dream all alone
Tu m'as laissé rêver tout seul
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Trop réel est ce sentiment de faire semblant
Too real when I feel what my heart can′t conceal
Trop réel quand je sens ce que mon cœur ne peut pas cacher
Oh yes, I′m the great pretender
Oh oui, je suis le grand prétendant
Just laughing and gay like a clown
Je ris et suis gai comme un clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
J'ai l'air d'être ce que je ne suis pas, tu vois
I′m wearing my heart like a crown
Je porte mon cœur comme une couronne
Pretending that you're still around
Je fais semblant que tu es toujours là
Too real when I feel what my heart can′t conceal
Trop réel quand je sens ce que mon cœur ne peut pas cacher
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Oh oui, je suis le grand prétendant
Just laughing and gay like a clown
Je ris et suis gai comme un clown
I seem to be what I′m not you see
J'ai l'air d'être ce que je ne suis pas, tu vois
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Je porte mon cœur comme une couronne
Pretending that you're
Je fais semblant que tu es
Pretending that you′re still around
Je fais semblant que tu es toujours là




Writer(s): Buck Ram
Freddie Mercury - The Solo Collection
Album
The Solo Collection
date of release
23-10-2000

1 The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)
2 Love Kills (original 1984 single version)
3 Living on My Own (1993 radio mix)
4 Your Kind of Lover (vocal & piano version)
5 Let's Turn It On (a cappella)
6 La Japonaise (early version: Freddie's demo vocal)
7 Barcelona (early version: Freddie's demo vocal)
8 The Golden Boy (early version: Freddie's demo vocal)
9 Rachmaninov's Revenge (The Fallen Priest) (later version: Freddie's demo vocal)
10 How Can I Go On
11 La Japonaise
12 I Was Born to Love You (vocal & piano version)
13 Your Kind of Lover (early version)
14 Mr. Bad Guy (orchestra out-takes)
15 Foolin' Around (original 1985 unreleased 12" mix)
16 Mr. Bad Guy (early version)
17 There Must Be More to Life Than This (piano out-takes)
18 Living on My Own (hybrid edit: early/later versions)
19 Love Is Dangerous (early version)
20 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (early version)
21 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (2nd early version: extract)
22 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (3rd early version)
23 Made in Heaven (alternative version)
24 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (live take)
25 Gazelle (demo)
26 She Blows Hot & Cold (alternative version) (feat. Brian May)
27 Money Can't Buy Happiness (demo)
28 Guide Me Home
29 New York (demo)
30 Love Makin' Love (demo)
31 The Golden Boy
32 Barcelona (Freddie's vocal slave)
33 Ensueño
34 Barcelona (later version: Freddie's vocal only)
35 Goin' Back
36 Love Kills (original 1984 extended version)
37 I Was Born to Love You (original 1985 extended version)
38 Stop All the Fighting (1985 non-album b-side)
39 Stop All the Fighting (1985 non-album b-side extended version)
40 Made in Heaven (original 1985 extended version)
41 She Blows Hot & Cold (1985 non-album b-side)
42 La Japonaise (a cappella)
43 She Blows Hot & Cold (1985 non-album b-side extended version)
44 Living on My Own (original 1985 extended version)
45 My Love Is Dangerous (original 1985 extended version)
46 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (original 1985 extended version)
47 Barcelona (original 1987 single version)
48 Barcelona (original 1987 extended version)
49 Let's Turn It On (original 1985 extended version)
50 How Can I Go On (1989 single version)
51 Living on My Own (1993 No More Brothers extended mix)
52 Time (original 1986 single/album version)
53 Time (original 1986 extended version)
54 In My Defence (1986 album version)
55 The Great Pretender (original 1987 extended version)
56 Guide Me Home / How Can I Go On (alternate versions)
57 How Can I Go On (out-take: extract)
58 Ensueño (Montserrat's live takes)
59 Living on My Own (1993 club mix)
60 Living on My Own (1993 Underground Solutions mix)
61 La Japonaise
62 Hold On
63 The Fallen Priest
64 How Can I Go On (alternative piano version)
65 Heaven for Everyone (The Cross version: Freddie vocal)
66 Yellow Breezes (demo)
67 Have a Nice Day (fan club message)
68 The Great Pretender (original demo)
69 Holding On (demo)
70 It's So You (demo)
71 I Can't Dance / Keep Smilin' (demo)
72 The Golden Boy (2nd early version: extract)
73 Confidential
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