Perfect Mark

from One Not Out by Idle Gene

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"It's something special, ain't it?
It's from another life.
My violin has been my constant in these troubled times.
It's the only thing I have left but for this suit and tie."
I see the lights turn on and sparkle in your greedy eyes.

You can't con an honest man
But that's not what you are
You lie to yourself "You're good and true"
Which makes you the perfect mark for my art

"Oh god, I've left my wallet
In my apartment hall.
If I run home to get it
Can this be collateral?"
Enter the Antique Expert
"Oh my god, can it be a Stradivarius
That is here in front of me?"

You can't con an honest man
But that's not what you are
You lie to yourself "You're good and true"
Which makes you the perfect mark for my art

And when I come back "What's this?
You'll write off all my debt?
But you see I know that my instrument is worth more than that."
You add a few more thousand,
You think you've got a steal
But we're in the wind and you've got a violin that isn't real.

You can't con an honest man
But that's not what you are
You lie to yourself "You're good and true"
Which makes you the perfect mark for my art
The Perfect Mark.

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from One Not Out, released March 5, 2021
Written, performed and produced by Neil Larrisey

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