Varying Degrees of Con Artistry - Duncan Sheik

Promised cures for 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 business

The market place is doing fine

As long there’s no witness

How can there be a crime

The illusion is lasting

Such beautiful 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 beautiful masking

We hold it in our arms

It’s all just varying degrees of con-artistry

But no one seems to mind

No one seems to mind