Duncan Shiek - Varying Degreees Of Con-Artistry
from the album "Humming"
Promised cures from every man
Snake oil and circuses
You can get to heaven, yes you can
So judge the books by their surfaces
Someone's taking care of buisness
The market place is doing fine
As long as there's not witness
How can there be a crime
The illusion is lasting
Such beautiuful masking
We hold it in our arms
It's all just varying degrees of con-artistry
But no one seems alarmed
No one seems alarmed
I'll promise love without end
I'll believe myself if I can
And like a baby soft and helpless
I won't ask questions
The illusion is lasting
Such beautiuful masking
You see it all the time
It's all just varying degrees of con-artistry
But no one seems to mind
No one seems to mind