(He's) The Great Impostor
The Fleetwoods

as sung on "The Very Best Of the Fleetwoods"
-United Artists UA-LA 334-E
-peak Billboard position # 30 in 1961
-Words and Music by Sharon Sheeley and Jackie DeShannon


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)
He 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)
But he's soon to break her heart (what a doll, whoa whoa)
Oh can't (oh can't) she see (she see)?
Tomorrow's mis (he will cause) ery (morrow'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)
And she's soon to join the roster (im-post-or)
For they know the great impostor (im-post-or)
FADE
And she's soon to join the roster (im-post-or)


Transcribed by Robin Hood

These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.