Soundtrack to Subtle Deceptions: The Last Grift by Elle Keaton

Grifter’s Grief by Yard Act for a book about the spectre of a dead mother, the presence of danger, and the shadow of crime.

Disbelief when they got grifted for the prize
Young and gifted
Sifted through the grave for a taste of danger
Got washed away on a way-stranger wave
See fairer way to discount the nature
Count yer coffins, shaft your pallbearers

All’s fair in all areas
If you’re not all there when I’m all in
I’ll sing through gritted teeth
If someone beat you to it, nah, nah
It’s just grifter’s grief

Soundtrack to Subtle Deceptions: Bait and Switch by Elle Keaton

Make The Weather by The Waitressses for a book about police corruption, shady pasts, and a slow-burning romance.

It was rust and rags
But we got that scrap dream glowing
Swore we were throwing a wrench into the gadget age
It was smoke and mirrors
Could’ve laughed at that tin joke forever
I’m sorry you’ll never risk living such a pretty lie (such a pretty lie)

Now it’s black and white
Now my golden and green’s turning grayer
But we were the players and old enough to act like kids
It was bait and switch
Just seven minutes in heaven
But we called it even to even have it last that long (such a pretty lie)

Soundtrack to Subtle Deceptions: Skin Game by Elle Keaton

Skin In The Game by Backroad Raised for a book about fake family, fake names, real connections.

You can’t fake blood
You can’t fake truth
You can’t fake nights
where you damn near lose

some folks talk it but they ain’t the same
they got a song but i got skin in the game
you can sing that hurt but it hits off key
if you never felt fire at your own two feet
some folks copy what they can’t explain
They got the words but i got skin in the game