Watching The Detectives

Watching The Detectives / Elvis Costello

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Watching The Detectives


Nice girls not one with a defect
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Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct
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Red dogs under illegal legs
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She looks so good that he gets down and begs
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She is watching the detectives
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Ooh, he's so cute
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She is watching the detectives
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Oh, when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
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They beat him up until the teardrops start
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He can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
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Long shot of that jumping sign
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Visible shivers running down my spine
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Cut the baby taking off her clothes
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Close-up of the sign that says,"We never close"
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You snatch a tune, you match a cigarette
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She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet
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I don't know how much more of this I can take
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She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake
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She is watching the detectives
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Ooh, he's so cute
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She is watching the detectives
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Oh, when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
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They beat him up until the teardrops start
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He can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
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Watching the detectives
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Don't get cute
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Watching the detectives
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I get so angry when the teardrops start
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But you can't be wounded when you got no heart
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Watching the detectives
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