The Great Pretender

[Verse 1]
All the boys in Mobile call you Jenny
And all the boys in Natchez call you Jane
All the boys in this bar call you easy
But I'm the only one that knows your name

[Chorus]
You're just a lady called the great pretender
You're looking like a package in the rain
You're just cardboard stuck with lies and crude deception
And I'm the only one that knows your name

[Verse 2]
A half-drowned musician hugs the bar rail
Between beers he sings a lost refrain
His union dues are bigger than his sad tale
And I'm the only one that knows your name

[Chorus]
You're just a man they call the great pretender
You're looking like a package in the rain
You're just cardboard stuck with lies and crude deception
And I'm the only one that knows your name

You're just a man they call the great pretender
You're looking like a package in the rain
You're just cardboard stuck with lies and crude deception
And I'm the only one that knows your name

[Verse 3]
Last call and the ball room's nearly faded
Crazy Jenny walks me through the rain
Wild-eyed she whispers "easy does it"
The whole damn night she never asked my name

[Chorus]
I'm just a man they call the great pretender
I'm feeling like a package in the rain
I'm just cardboard stuck with lies and crude deception
And I'm the only one that knows your name
And I'm the only one that knows your name