All of my friends

Not the ones I've got

Everyone has run out hot and cold and hot

Monkey's got fire

Feathers on the top

Burning giant mandolin

Over the pigeon drop



Oldest game around

Newest trick in town

Sleight of hand

Oldest game around

Newest trick in town

Sleight of hand



The air is perfumed

Burning much too slow

Filling up the room

Stumbling like a rose

Standing on the street

Watching the time roll past

You can smell the love

And it's disappearing fast



Oldest game around

Newest trick in town

Sleight of hand

Oldest trick in town

Newest game around

Sleight of hand



It's a symphony of growls

A private collection of invisible howls

The oldest game around

A little sticky and totally sound

The air is perfumed

Burning much too slow

Filling up the room

Stumbling like a rose



Oldest game around

Newest trick in town

Sleight of hand