To you I'm just a memory Something lost among the leaves Something found along the way And so begin these empty pages At the end of a dream Watch it slowly fade away The slight of hand the bait and switch All the parlor tricks have been played on me I've seen them come and watched them go Into the night down a road of stone Beware, oh take care I guess it takes a thief to know one And liars live for broken things Traitors just smile and smile The actor has his black mirror The poet a poison throne To rule his kingdom alone But I'm still singing the blues Dancing that old soft shoe I'm still drift'n from cloud to cloud Never looking to come down From hell to high water Over that angel bridge Out into the wilderness Beware, oh take care