Your Latest Trick (Live At Les Arenes, Nimes / France / 1993)

All the late night bargains have been struck
Between the satin beaus and their belles
Prehistoric garbage trucks
Got the city to themselves
Echoes and roars of dinosaurs
They're all doing the monster mash
And the taxis and the whores
Are only taking calls for cash

I don't know how it happened
It all took place so quick
But all I can do is hand it to you
And your latest trick

Well, now my door was standing open
Security were laid back and lax
Me and my heart that got a-broken
You must have had a pass key made out of wax
Was robbery with insolence
And I played the blues in twelve bars down Lover's Lane
And you never did have the intelligence to use
The twelve keys hanging off from my chain

I don't know how it happened
It all took place so quick
But all I can do is hand it to you
And your latest trick

Well, now it's past last call for alcohol
Past recall has been here and gone
The landlord, he finally paid us all
The satin jazzmen have put away their horns
And I'm standing outside of this wonderland
Bereaved and bereft
Finally come to understand
The bottle's empty, man, there's nothing left

I don't know how it happened
It was faster than the eye could flick
But all I can do is hand it to you
And your latest trick