For My Last Number

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[Verse 1]

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In a dusty old tent, 7 miles out of town
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I set up my cards, and the wind knocks them down
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And I try for the people who want to believe...
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In miracles, and magic, and life's mysteries


[Verse 2]

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Now I was born early, I always feel late
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I can never catch up to the promises I make
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And my mama she cried when I ran away
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And when her tears dried it was just another day.


[Chorus]

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And I made my living pulling rabbits out of hats
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Girls on white ponies and balancing acts
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Now I have grown tired
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No more tricks up my sleeve
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And for my last number
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I think I’ll just leave


[Verse 3]

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I once had a girl and I loved her a lot
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She knew my mistakes and she sweetly forgot
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Well I tried hard to keep her, I wanted her here
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But all good magicians make things disappear


[Chorus]

    F                        G
And I made my living pulling rabbits out of hats
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Girls on white ponies and balancing acts
    F
Now I have grown tired
        G            Am
No more tricks up my sleeve
    C
And for my last number
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I think I’ll just leave


[Refrain]

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And I put that smile on the face of young girls and boys wandered into this place
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The red velvet curtain hides all of my fears
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And when the show is over they all reappear


[Verse 4]

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Please, show me something, I want to believe
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This life of illusion, it's myself I have deceived
      Am                          C          F
And a younger man's daydreams are quickly forgot
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The tents all come down on a cold empty lot


[Final Chorus]

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And I made my living pulling rabbits out of hats
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Girls on white ponies and balancing acts
    F
Now time's made me tired,
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Took the tricks from my sleeve
    C
And for my last number
  G               C
I think I’ll just leave