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"