Con Men and Call Girls, Part I

Chorus
Con men and call girls
The harlots and hard-hearted men
Who collect like
The dust on the plains
And all of them praying for rain

The grifters and drifters
The monte card shifters
The weathervane hearts on a wind
The bunco soul dreamers
And sweet-talkin’ schemers
The sinners in love with their sins

They will charm and disarm you
Heal you and harm you
Feed you promises soft as a sigh
They will touch you and tease you
Bruise you and bleed you
They will leave you adrift high and dry

Repeat chorus

The women who greet you
The men who defeat you
The lessons we all need to learn
The lost and the lonely
The fast-talkin’ phonies
The ones with your money to burn

The ropers and lopers
The sleazy no-hopers
The carnies who laugh at your pain
They will pick your hearts clean
And pocket your dreams
And then do it all over again

Repeat chorus