Songs for Sync: LYRICS

The Long Con

It's a long con
It's a slow game
Gotta keep that love
on a low flame
Keep your eyes
on that jewel
Time will be your friend
if you can play this cool

It's a long way
To the sweet place
Where love and trust
Fall like grace
Comes a time
It’s not yet
Trust that simple feeling
You can’t forget

How she moves
How she smiles
The laughter in her voice
But this is not your choice
It’s not the time
to show your hand
Keep a certain distance
Know the plan

It’s a long con
It’s a slow game
But you know why
You’re still playing
Take your time
Look away
Learn the power in everything
You never say

How she moves
How she smiles
The laughter in her voice
But this is not your choice
It’s not the time
To show your hand
Trust your heart
Know the plan

It’s a long con
It’s a long con
It’s a long con

If We Were in Love

We sat there talking
the car still running
neither of us noticing the time
and even in the dark
I saw it in your eyes
that shine
And each time you laughed
just when I laughed
I had a thought I almost thought was real

That if we were in love
this is how we'd feel

We've got no business
going near this
It's something we both know
it shouldn't be so hard
to see things as they are
and let go
So you told a story
and I told a story
and we never came close to a kiss

But if we were in love
it would feel like this

And maybe there's a place somewhere
and everything not meant to be is meant to be there
where the laughter goes on
and the sorrow is gone
and the stars all align...

We sat there talking
the car still running
And I told you what I couldn't help but say
and you got quiet
and I got quiet
like that might make the whole thing go away
and I caught myself
and you caught yourself
then you took my hand and said you had to go

If we were in love
If we were in love
If we were in love
we would know 

Boy Meets Girl

Here's lookin' at you
That remarkable face
that starred for awhile in my show

Here's lookin' at you
who I can't replace
in that movie I know you know
Boy meets girl
loses girl
gets her back again

The whole room cheers
through their tears
but that's not how this ends

Here's lookin' at you
and those trademark curls
those eyes so bright and blue
I used to call myself the luckiest man
Too bad that was only Act Two

Boy meets girl
loses girl
still believes he'll win
Sings his song to someone gone
who calls herself his friend

Is it really romantic
hatching a plan
to convince her to fly
from the bed of a guy
who's got money and charm
that's as long as your arm
Is he actually making her happy?
Don't I want her to be?
Even if it's not me?

Here's lookin' at you
in a bright red dress
the one you wore that night
Up with a big brass band
the town at your command
Laughing at life

Boy meets girl
loses girl finds
himself again
He can smile alone awhile
but that's not how this ends

The Silver Moon

That wicked old witch
with her dirty old hands
tossin' my dreams in her frying pan
stir it up, stir it up
stir it up best you can
that old lady made a meal of my plans


But the silver moon
in the midnight sky
older than forever
but it still can fly
I can see
by that silver light
and I might make it home
tonight


Mean old ghost with a rusty chain
Callin' me the least of names
Talk it up, talk it up
talk it up all day long
Nighttime comes he still ain't gone


But the silver moon
in the midnight sky
Older than forever
but it still can fly
I can see
by that silver light
and I might make it home
tonight

Bible man with a bony fist
Says I ain't on the list
make it up, make it up
make it up, call it truth
I got all I need but proof


Black cat talkin' in the devil's tongue
Used to speak when I was young
Give it up, give it
give it up while you can
No one livin's seen the plan


But the silver moon
in the midnight sky
Can no longer sing
but he still can fly
I can see
by his silver light
that alone will get me home tonight


baby don't shake, don't cry.
don't try to run
you know we're underneath the silver moon
forget about all your magic spells
the only magic north of hell
the silver moon
maybe somebody put it there so long ago
so we would know
it's coming soon

THE LONG CON

Ira Marlowe