Magic man said  "You know my dear  You are living inside a dream  Believing the things I do  Are what they seem  Life is a trick that runs too quick  For a volunteer from the crowd  The volunteers only see  What's been allowed"  The players practice to deceive  With paper flowers none perceive  Disappearing down the top hat corridors  Art and illusion  The magic show won't let you go  Magicians rehearse  Their sleights of hand  They slip money bags up their sleeves  They saw you in half  And then they turn to leave  Tricks of the trade  The ball games played  By the jugglers centre stage  Carefully handed down from age to age  Conclusions made conclusions leapt  Impressions lost and overstepped  Shadows hide the truth  With nobody the wiser  [Chorus]  They're only trying to tell your lies  Trying to make you compromise  To leave reality completely up to them  [Chorus]  BASS  : CLIVE MITTEN  DRUMS  : BRIAN DEVOIL  GUITAR : ANDY REVELL  KEYBOARDS : RICK BATTERSBY  VOCALS : ANDY SEARS  WRITTEN BY : ANDY, BRIAN, CLIVE, RICK AND GEOFF  ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON : 'ART AND ILLUSION' MFN.36 Oct 1984