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