ELVIS COSTELLO - Watching The Detectives lyrics

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Nice girls not one with a defect,<br>Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct.<br>Red dogs under illegal legs.<br>She looks so good that he gets down and begs.<br><br>She is watching the detectives.<br>Ooh, he's so cute!<br>She is watching the detectives<br>When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.<br>They beat him up until the teardrops start,<br>But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart.<br><br>Long shot of that jumping sign,<br>Invisible shivers running down my spine.<br>Cut the baby taking off her clothes.<br>Close-up of the sign that says,we never close<br>You snatch tune, you a match a cigarette,<br>She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.<br>I don't know how much more of this I can take.<br>She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.<br>Now fear is here to stay. love is here for a visit.<br>They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit.<br>Someone's scratching at the window. I wonder who is it? <br>The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents<br>Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance.<br>Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay,<br>It only took my little fingers to blow you away.<br><br>Just like watching the detectives.<br>Don't get cute!<br>It's just like watching the detectives.<br>I get so angry when the teardrops start,<br>But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart.<br>Watching the detectives.<br>It's just like watching the detectives.