(He's) The Great Impostor
The Fleetwoods
Words and Music by Sharon Sheeley and Jackie DeShannon
peak Billboard position # 30 in 1961
as sung on "The Very Best Of the Fleetwoods"
United Artists UA-LA 334-E
Well, I went and lost her to the great impostor
I stood and watched her fall (what a doll, whoa-oh-whoa)
Couldn't help her at all (what a doll, whoa whoa)
Poetry (poetry) so sweet (so sweet)
Has her at (has her at) his feet (his feet)
She thinks she's the one but he has just begun
All her friends, they just watch her (watch her)
For they know the great impostor (im-post-or)
Don't she know he's on a stage? (rah-ta-ta, rah-ta-ta)(rah-ta-ta)
It's not real (rah-ta-ta) it's just a play (rah-ta-ta, rah-ta-ta)
And he's playing the part (what a doll, whoa-oh-whoa)
That is soon to break her heart (what a doll, whoa whoa)
Oh can't (oh can't) she see (she see)?
Tomorrow's mis (tomor)ery (row's misery)
Soon she'll learn her fate but it'll be too late
All her friends, they just watch her (watch her)
For they know the great impostor (im-post-or)
Whoa-oh-oh-oh (what a doll, whoa-oh-whoa)
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (what a doll, whoa-whoa)
Poetry (poetry) so sweet (so sweet)
Has her at (has her at) his feet (his feet)
She thinks she's the one but he has just begun
All her friends, they just watch her (watch her)
For they know the great impostor (im-post-or)
And she's soon to join the roster (im-post-or)
For they know the great impostor (im-post-or)
And she's soon to join the roster (im-post-or)
FADE
For they know the great impostor (im-post-or)
source: Robin Hood
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