(Spoken) The "don't believe your own eyes" line plays nicely against the denial theme which is gaslighting, basically, and multiple bankruptcies gives the businessman bravado a concrete punchline. Here's an updated version with a new verse worked in: "Trust Me, I'm a Winner" When the books don't add up the way I said they would, when the deal that I bragged on never turned out good, when somebody finds the contract with the fine print I erased — here's my move, friend. Watch this play out face to face. I deny, deny, deny. Best dealmaker the world's ever seen — and I deny. Never lost a dime, never broke a law, never heard of the people that my lawyers saw. I deny, deny, deny. I don't apologize — winners don't apologize. I just say the numbers lie, or the reporter lies, or the guy on the witness stand lies. When the audit comes back and the math won't bend, I say nobody's smarter, and we'll sue you, and that's your end. Don't believe your eyes, son. Don't trust what you know. That photo's doctored. That tape's fake. Jeffrey's file's not so. You think you saw it happen? You think you heard me say it? Well I'm telling you you didn't, so go on ahead and weigh it. I built an empire with my bare two hands — except for the bailout, and the loans, and the loophole plans. And sure, I filed for bankruptcy — let's say six maybe five. But that's not failure, friend, that's just how winners survive. [Breakdown — band locks into the groove, builds] (spoken, rising) Now wait — wait a minute — you want PROOF? You want me to PROVE it? I don't gotta prove nothin'! I AM the proof! Look at me! LOOK AT ME! (shouted, full energy) I NEVER LOST! I NEVER LIED! I NEVER, EVER, EVER — (quieter, almost to himself, a flicker of nerves) Just don't look too close. Don't dig too deep. 'Cause the truth is, friend, between you and me — there's no there there. No, not at all. Pull back the curtain and you won't find a thing behind the wall. (building back up, shouted) But I'm a winner! I tell you that for FREE! Ask anyone! Preferably someone who works for me! (Spoken) But not the ones I fired.
