The National Bank - The balladeer lyrics

In the crowd I saw the worlds last balladeer Holding on to a young lovers' gaze Looking past the face of his chosen one At the entrance of a new maze The balladeer had seen through those very eyes Walked into that trap How he'd come out on the other side Was his bittersweet balladeering tap The lovers' stomach churns like a turnstile Leading people back into the game The batter let a sweat bead block his vision Then split the bat and drove the ball infield And running through every known emotion A lover went excused Then whispered in an ear engulfed in perfume Poetry he'd long transfused Please have me excused But no scenery in this world strange girl Can move me like you do By now the chosen one was restless Shuffling her feet on burning ground Looking centerfield she saw the balladeer Watch two kids spellbound With her scarf around his throat she saw her lover Walk a stranger out the door And all the while the balladeer had sensed it He'd used this line many times before Please have me excused But no scenery in this world strange girl Can move me like you do