Smoke and Mirrors

When the show had finally come

To this sleepy little town

So full of hopes and dreams

For this dirty princess and her clown

It's just a nickel game

That always seems to end the same

So try your luck on someone new

The only way you know how to do

But who stood in line

And bought a ticked for a ride

You didn't have to lie

I would have traded my whole life before I knew

It was in the way you walk

Was in the way you talked to me

You made it oh so clear

Your love was smoke and mirrors

The next day they moved away

Like the leaves they thought would stay

Making every child think

That they might be back one day

The carousel was empty

When the horses had escaped

The innocence has gone

This heart will never be the same

But who stood in line

And was so patient for a ride

You didn't have to lie

I would have gambled my whole life before I knew

It was in the way you walk

Was in the way you talked to me

You made it oh so clear

Your love was smoke and mirrors

It was on the way you walked

So far away from me

As the courtain closes on this smoke and mirrors

I'm laughing stock at the freak parade

The only empty cup at this bleak charade

And these cardboard fantasies

They can't take the wind

They cannot take the rain

It was in the way you walk

Was in the way you talked to me

You made it oh so clear

Your love was smoke and mirrors

It was on the way you walked

So far away from me

As the courtain closes on this smoke and mirrors