Uneasy Lies The Head of the Confidence Man

Through hoops and secret panels

Down the slip-n-slide

Faith finds a way to the other side

But you are tempted to be clever

This seems to do the trick

Pick a number, you've got a thousand schticks

But certain crowds are tough

Someone has called your bluff

Your timing's out of step

You drown in your own sweat

You've become a fire-walker

And work the center ring

But you never learn to walk on water

'cos you can't pull any strings

They pardon you when you leave

A few cards up your sleeve

You wear a beard, a magic turban

Charm & hypnotize

Handle snakes, take flying carpet rides

Trap doors and wires, smoke and mirrors--

(tools of the wonder trade)--

False-bottom trunks conceal the big charade

It's taken years to learn

How not to crash and burn

There's little glory in

Just learning how to swim

You conceal, misdirect

Disappear, stack the deck

Jump and tumble, hurdy gurdy

That's the confidence man

A little truth, a little sleight of hand

Sometimes we grasp the truth

When we have lost our youth

Sometimes we live and die

Still clinging to a lie

Someone's laughing, someone knows

You're not wearing any clothes

Still i am tempted to be clever

This seems to do the trick