Every night in my magic show I switch the real bullet and the fake You point the barrel at me And we see whose nerve will break When only I know That the real one is in my hand It's make-believe When I am the magician You can gamble your life and never once fail On a coin that has two tails And that's the catch The Bullet Catch Yesterday evening As you inspected the real one Before I had a chance to change them You'd already loaded up the gun And I am The Great Whoever So I just said 'take your aim' Held my breath And hoped you did the same There's not a bone in my body gives in gracefully You can call it the Magician In Me And that's the catch The Bullet Catch I watched the rising muzzle And your finger on the trigger Seconds passed And no-one spoke The audience saw you hesitate I stood there, looking at you And wondered why you'd wait I knew your nerve had broken And I crossed the stage to you "Don't feel bad It's happened to others too" You took your seat once your chance had gone That's the only time that trick went wrong And that's the catch The Bullet Catch