The Hustler

[Verse 1]
Oh, you can try and run me down
But you can’t drive me under ground
When you’re not there I’ll be around
To haunt you, I won’t make a sound
To track you, I don’t need a hound
You think you're lost, I got you found
You’re surrounded though you think that they can’t see

[Verse 2]
Your castle walls they all will fall
You’ll be surprised that all in all
Nobody really cares at all
You won’t believe the biggest gall
That can bite your heels when you crawl
The pain will come from those so small
Ignore you when you kick the stall
Go cry wolf or better you should scream

[Verse 3]
Though you’re not on top, you think you're first
The surgeon, scalpel, steal the nurse
Who can let the others feel the hurt
When you’re the driver of the hearse
So you’ll feel bad but they’ll feel worse
Without you what would the doctor be?

[Chorus]
I’m watching you, but not like quite before
I will find you, you’re the one I’ve been looking for
And when it’s over, don’t say sorry any more

[Verse 4]
A brushless painter running down
Into the night to paint the town
While putting everybody on
Blowing smoke rings for the clowns
You brag of those you’ve been around
You listen to your silly sound
Disciples pass your bread around
While the cross is hidden in your gown
They think that they’re on holy ground
Not knowing Judas watches from the tree

[Verse 5]
While posing as the saint of need
Got farther to the one who’s weak
By using words like sad defeat
You laugh but you gon' lose the beat
The girls all giggle at your feet
The squealing people that you meet
You might get made but be discreet
Don’t take your mask off, trick or treat
As you get the stars down on their knees
But do you really think you have for to meet?

[Verse 6]
Believing in the magic noose
That trips the egg, the golden goose
And with it you can never lose
While fairy tales are still the truth
Don’t let go, hey, don’t let loose
For the goose is flapping on the roof
And without its wings how can you be free?

[Chorus]
I’m watching you, ah, but not like quite before
Hey, hey, you’re the one I'm a-lookin' for
And when it’s over, don’t say sorry any more

[Verse 7]
Lone Ranger, he just rides along
Protecting those that don’t belong
In the land that has no right or wrong
Time 'til you just load his gun
For killing outlaws one by one
And shooting in-laws just for fun
While the jungle laws are on the run
"Step out before you get stepped on"
You say this with your war paint on
Afraid if you’re in the dark too long
'Cause you know the jungle's no place for the meek

[Verse 8]
You say life is absurdity, a carnival for melodies
You are the big time, bitterly
You set the stage so faithfully
The hawker for Lord Mystery
While marching so religiously
Is the army that has paid to see
The choir boy of reality
Laugh at all authority
You smile oh so cynically
Sole possessor of his key
But it’s sad to know that’s all you’ll ever be

[Verse 9]
Though you said "Keep on the sunny side"
That life is just a rainbow ride
A silver-studded surfboard glide
On the whinin' waves, to keep you high
Don’t hit the moon if you fly too wide
It’ll bring you down below the tide
Where no one keeps their tears inside
The waters hide them if you cry
For in the waves there are no mysteries

[Chorus]
I’m watching you, ah, but not like quite before
I will find you, you’re the one I'm a-lookin' for
And when it’s over, don’t say sorry any more