Watching The Detectives
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Watching The Detectives
Elvis Costello
Intro
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Nice girls, not one with a defect
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Cellophane shrink wrap, so correct
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Red dogs under illegal l
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egs
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She looks so good that he gets down and
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begs
Chorus
She is
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watching the detectives
"Ooh,
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he's so cute"
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Watching the detectives
When they
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shoot,
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shoot,
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shoot,
D
shoot
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They beat him up until the teardrops start
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F
But he can't be wounded cos he's got no he
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art
G
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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 to 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 ca
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n take
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She's filing her nails while they're dragging t
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he lake ...
Chorus
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You think you're alone, until you realize you're in it
Now
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fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit
They
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call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit
Someone's
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scratching at the door, I wonder who is it?
The de
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tectives come to check if you belong to the parents
Who are
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ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance
Though it
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nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
It only
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took my little fingers to blow you a
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way
Just like
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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
G
F
But he can't be wounded cos he's got no he
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art
#Ending
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Watching the detectives,
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F
Watching the detectives
Am
F
Rhythm continues: Am F
Lead riffs over intro lick
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