A confidence man is a practitioner of confidence tricks.
Confidence Man also may refer to:
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade is the ninth book and final novel by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1857. The book was published on April 1, presumably the exact day of the novel's setting. The Confidence-Man portrays a Canterbury Tales–style group of steamboat passengers whose interlocking stories are told as they travel down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. According to scholar Robert Milder its reputation has been rising: "Long mistaken for a flawed novel, the book is now admired as a masterpiece of irony and control, though it continues to resist interpretive consensus." After the novel's publication, Melville turned from professional writing and became a professional lecturer, mainly addressing his worldwide travels, and later for nineteen years a federal government employee.
The novel's title refers to its central character, an ambiguous figure who sneaks aboard a Mississippi steamboat on April Fool's Day. This stranger attempts to test the confidence of the passengers, whose varied reactions constitute the bulk of the text. Each person including the reader is forced to confront that in which he places his trust.
Confidence Man is the first solo album by The New Amsterdams and Get Up Kids frontman Matt Pryor.
The album was written, produced, and recorded at Pryor's home studio in Lawrence, Kansas. The first single off the album, entitled "Lorelai" was made available on Pryor's Myspace page. The album stemmed from Pryor's desire to write an album before he turned 30, to write and record an album by himself completely.
All songs written and composed by Matt Pryor.
Swear when you say at the end of the day,
It's not the same old song.
You've got new chords I've never heard before,
And I'm ready to sing along.
The stars align in the sky,
Though the floor falls out when we try.
You don't need to worry,
Baby, I'm your confidence man.
This stuff, abuse is too many excuses,
Then for weeks I was alone.
No point in talkin' if I may be walkin',
Can't get you into the phone.
But after these weeks have gone by,
I might as well give you a try,
You don't have to worry,
Baby I'm your confidence man.
You don't have to worry,
Baby I'm your confidence man.
Tell me "you should just relax" (tell me:)
We'll both be in Cadillacs. (just re-)
Sounds good, 'til the end of the year, (lax, don't fear)
When you disappear.
You don't have to worry,