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Sea Green Singers - Great Pretender - Score and lyrics - click on each image below to enlarge to get 2-page version - 1 page version

The Great Pretender - by Buck Ram;
arr. Roger Emerson; further arr. J Bursall
lyrics J Bursall, M Pennington, C Morley, G Taylor

Yes, he's the great pretender (oo ee oo ee oo)
Pretending that he's doing well, (oo ee oo ee oo)
Services slashed, credit ratings have crashed
The economy's going to hell.

Yes, he's the great protector (oo ee oo ee oo)
Protecting his corporate friends (oo ee oo ee oo)
Big business don't pay their taxes today,
His concern for the rich never ends.

Too real is his feeling of make believe,
Too real when we feel what his spin can't conceal.

Yes, he's the great defamer (oo ee oo ee oo)
Defaming all those unemployed (oo ee oo ee oo)
As benefit cheats who should have to compete
For the few jobs he hasn't destroyed.

Yes, he's the great divider (oo ee oo ee oo)
Dividing the country in two, (oo ee oo ee oo)
We've been here before, George, so don't blame the poor George
Make the same rules for me, as for you.
Make the same rules for me, as for you.

Too real is his feeling of make believe
Too real when we feel what his grin can't conceal.
(ooh, ooh, ooh etc…..[key change] ooh, ooh, ooh etc.)

Yes, he's the great Con-Dem-er (oh Georgy Porgy)
Condemning and taxing the poor (oh Georgy Porgy)
He stockpiles the wealth as they privatise health
We pay and they take even more.

Yes, he's the great pretender (oh Georgy Porgy)
Pretending that he's being fair (oh Georgy Porgy)
Prosperity for the few, but austerity for you
He's a Tory so why should he care?
He's a Tory so why should he care?

George Osborne.