It’s a Long Con – Johnny Crashed
The newspaper said you’re too young to be dead
And your obit won’t fill up this page
You’ll have to come back and take one more crack
At a life lived off of the stage
Away from the crowd and everything loud
With the spotlight setting on dim
With no curtain calls no Hollywood dolls
Just one chance to sink or to swim
So we determinedly try to keep hope alive
But it’s just like swimming upstream
And around every bend is a hurt that won’t end
And where happy is an old-fashioned dream
And so try as we might it’s an unwinnable fight
And one that you never get through
And when the cards get thrown the truth becomes known
That the joke was always on you
Cuz it’s a long con that we’re playing right now
It’s a hustle and an old grifters dream
It’s a scam, it’s a swindle, a bunko, a gaffe
Cuz we’re coming apart at the seams
And we’re all marks and suckers, stooges and rubes
And if not, then certainly shills
And the moment we stop, that’s when we’ll drop
Cuz like they say, comedy kills
Now the endings in sight of this long painful night
All our crosses are coming to bear
And while the darkness descends the response it depends
On the love we put out while we’re here
Cuz this confidence game leave’s no-one to blame
If the seats are only half filled
And try as we might as we move towards the light
Someone still has to cover the bill
It’s a long con that we’re playing right now
It’s a hustle and an old grifters dream
It’s a scam, it’s a swindle, a bunko, a gaffe
Cuz we’re coming apart at the seams
And we’re all marks and suckers, stooges and rubes
And if not, then certainly shills
And the moment we stop, that’s when we’ll drop
Cuz like they say, comedy kills
The newspaper said you’re too young to be dead
And your obit won’t fill up this page
You’ll have to come back and take one more crack
At a life lived off of the stage
Away from the crowd and everything loud
With the spotlight setting on dim
With no curtain calls no Hollywood dolls
Just one chance to sink or to swim
So we determinedly try to keep hope alive
But it’s just like swimming upstream
And around every bend is a hurt that won’t end
And where happy is an old-fashioned dream
And so try as we might it’s an unwinnable fight
And one that you never get through
And when the cards get thrown the truth becomes known
That the joke was always on you
Cuz it’s a long con that we’re playing right now
It’s a hustle and an old grifters dream
It’s a scam, it’s a swindle, a bunko, a gaffe
Cuz we’re coming apart at the seams
And we’re all marks and suckers, stooges and rubes
And if not, then certainly shills
And the moment we stop, that’s when we’ll drop
Cuz like they say, comedy kills
Now the endings in sight of this long painful night
All our crosses are coming to bear
And while the darkness descends the response it depends
On the love we put out while we’re here
Cuz this confidence game leave’s no-one to blame
If the seats are only half filled
And try as we might as we move towards the light
Someone still has to cover the bill
It’s a long con that we’re playing right now
It’s a hustle and an old grifters dream
It’s a scam, it’s a swindle, a bunko, a gaffe
Cuz we’re coming apart at the seams
And we’re all marks and suckers, stooges and rubes
And if not, then certainly shills
And the moment we stop, that’s when we’ll drop
Cuz like they say, comedy kills