Magicians Never Tell

Take a look if you please, there's nothing up his sleeves And he'll be damned if he shows you how it's done He'll say, "Ladies and gents, please suspend your common sense" And "Finding out the secret ain't no fun" You can plead and you can beg, you can heckle him to death But all he'll do is smile at you and shrug And say, "I don't do it for the fame. I do it for the game I play the game 'cause playing keeps you young" Say the word and my father's hands Draw silks from thin air, turn Georges into Bens He'll leave you stunned and it's just as well My father's a magician and magicians never tell At 15 I got dumped, I couldn't shake the slump I wept out loud in the crowd at the county fair And as I sank and as I cried, Daddy pulled me to the side We sat to chat in the shade of the fun house stairs He did not condescend, nor say, "This is not the end" He just spoke to me of sadness he had known My tears, they dried up quick, must have been one of his tricks 'Cause suddenly I didn't feel alone Say the word and my father's hands Draw silks from thin air, turn Georges into Bens He'll leave you stunned and it's just as well My father's a magician and magicians never tell As I grew older I started to doubt, thought I had him figured out No more mystery under the veil So I vanished from the nest Turns out, even at my best, I was only human, just like the old man Now I've learned the meaning of a father's love And it's magic far beyond the sleight of hand And there was nothing up his sleeves, I still believe No smoke, no mirrors, no misdirection here The only big reveal is the way I need him still I'm his wide-eyed doll after all these years Say the word and my father's hands Draw silks from thin air, turn Georges into Bens He'll leave you stunned and it's just as well My father's a magician and magicians never tell If you ask me how, I'll just say "Oh well My father's a magician and magicians never tell"