Elvis Costello – Watching The Detectives Lyrics  Share

From Elvis Costello's album: My Aim Is True

Nice girls not one with a defect,
cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct.
Red dogs under illegal legs.
She looks so good that he gets down and begs.

[Chorus:]
She is watching the detectives.
"ooh, he^,s so cute!"
She is watching the detectives
when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.
They beat him up until the teardrops start,
but he can^,t be wounded ^,cause he^,s got no heart.

Long shot of that jumping sign,
Visible shivers running down my spine.
Cut the baby taking off her clothes.
Close-up of the sign that says,"We never close"
You snatch a tune, you a match a cigarette,
She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.
I don^,t know how much more of this I can take.
She^,s filing her nails while they^,re dragging the lake.
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[Chorus]

You think you^,re alone until you realize you^,re in it.
Now fear is here to stay. Love is here for a visit.
They call it instant justice when it^,s past the legal limit.
Someone^,s scratching at the window. I wonder who is it?
The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter^,s disappearance.
Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay,
it only took my little fingers to blow you away.

Just like watching the detectives.
Don^,t get cute!"
It^,s just like watching the detectives.
I get so angry when the teardrops start,
but he can^,t be wounded ^,cause he^,s got no heart.
Watching the detectives.
It^,s just like watching the detectives.
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