confidence man

Well, I lost you at the border,

When you crossed it.

Had your number, baby,

But I lost it.

I know your love

Was just a flimflam.

Well, you can't pull the wool over me,

'cause I'm a confidence man.

I can talk old ladies

Out of all of their money

I can talk young girls

Into calling me honey

You can talk all you want, baby

But I got fast hands.

You're a real soft touch,

But I'm a confidence man.

I know your mother

Taught you how to bake a cherry pie

And read a book

Your daddy taught you how to tell a lie

And not get shook

Let me tell you somethin', baby

You better learn,

If you're gonna con the con man,

You're liable to get burned

Now, now, now,

We were stretched out on the floor, baby,

It's all elastic,

But you stretched it too tight and it snapped like plastic

And the pieces went flying across the badlands.

You're ?????????????????,

'cause I'm a confidence man.

Now, maybe Chicago

Is where you're bound,

But love is a cheap perfume,

It hangs around

And you roll the dice,

Now let the bet stand.

Well, you can't pull the wool over me,

'cause I'm a confidence man.